Tuesday, 6 December 1949
The House met at Half past Two o' Clock
[Mr SPEAKER in the Chair]
Lords Amendments considered, and agreed to.
Account ordered, of the Receipts and Payments of the Accounting Officer of the Vote for the Supreme Court on behalf of the Admiralty Division in Prize for the period from 3rd September, 1939, to...
asked the Minister of National Insurance if he is aware that some students entering colleges have been insured for several years and that, while in training, they are obliged to stamp their cards...
asked the Minister of National Insurance what compensation is payable under his regulations to a workman who has lost his right thumb during the course of his employment.
asked the Minister of Labour if he is aware that his Appointments Office issues advertisements relating to quasi-Governmental positions, in which age limits from 28 to 45 years are stipulated;...
asked the Minister of Labour what is the number of workers employed on the manufacture of machine-made woollen textiles; by what number is the industry undermanned; and what steps he is taking to...
asked the Minister of Labour what correlation there is between the accident rate and working conditions in iron and steel foundries.
asked the Minister of Labour what was the number of seasonal workers unemployed on the latest convenient date in the hotel and boarding house industry; and what the figure was in Morecambe and...
McKay asked the Minister of Labour how many foreign agricultural labourers are unemployed and living in hostels waiting to be transferred where they may be required in future; and if this...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland when the last full payment was made to chemists in Ayrshire in respect of completed National Health Service prescriptions.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he is aware that the maternity beds in St. Andrews Cottage Hospital are to be closed down on the direction of the East Fife Hospital Board; that this...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what requests were made by the deputation from Coatbridge Town Council, whom he received in October; and what was the outcome.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will state the average weekly maintenance cost, per patient, in the Glasgow infirmaries, Royal, Western and Victoria, and in the hospitals,...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he will re-appoint the members of the Highlands and Islands Advisory Panel for a further term on completion of their present term.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) what complaints he has received with regard to the food served to the nurses of Robroyston Hospital; and if he is satisfied with the quality of this...
Lieut-Commander Clark Hutchison: asked the Secretary of State for War why, in the latest War Office circular letter dealing with redundancy in the grades of barrack store accountants and...
asked the Secretary of State for War what changes have recently been made in the staff of his printing department; and why they were necessary.
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he will issue instructions that identical twins are, as far as possible, to be allowed to serve together during their period of National Service.
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware of hardship caused by shortage of married quarters in Hong Kong; and whether he can make a statement on the prospects of remedying this...
asked the Secretary of State for War what period of leave is given to National Service men serving in the Army in Germany.
asked the Secretary of State for War how many of the 30,000 United Kingdom troops of all services in the Suez Canal Zone are at present living under canvas.
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that soldiers and officers requiring spectacles are only able to get service type spectacles whereas civilians living with them are able...
asked the Prime Minister if the statement of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, made at Bristol on Sunday, 27th November, that the Government had to step in at the right moment to stop the fall in...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer which Departments have not furnished their accounts this year to the Auditor General on or before 30th November as required by the Exchequer and Audit...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what treatment, consequent upon the alteration in the exchange, value of sterling, is to be accorded to remittances by missionary and charitable societies to...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement about supplementary transfers by emigrants consequent on the alteration in the exchange value of sterling.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what principles he applies to the assessment for Income Tax purposes of moneys used by industrial and other companies for political campaigns; and if he...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the total sums involved in recent prosecutions of persons obtaining payments of post-war credits by illegal means.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, in view of the Government's decision to reduce Government staff to a minimum to curtail expenditure, he will set up a new working party so that...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he has any further statement to make about the saving on the Government revenue account from revising the register of electors once instead of twice a year.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he is now in a position to announce a reduction in the duty on aviation spirit for flying clubs which provide flying tuition.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the effect on the cost of living of an increase of 16f per cent. in railway and canal freight charges.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is aware that the travel agency of Thomas Cook and Son, in New York, are selling sterling at the rate of 2.70 dollars; and what action he proposes...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer for what reason His Majesty's Government have departed from the policy of rendering counterclaims to countries holding sterling balances, as declared to this...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the number of land preventive men and waterguard officers employed wholly, or partly, on Customs duties on the Irish land boundary on 31st August, 1949; the...
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury why in a case, particulars of which have been sent to him, the Inland Revenue made demands for six separate sums totalling £9 3s. in all, in...
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury what indication is given by the War Damage Commission to persons to whom the form of statutory declaration relating to late claims is handed that...
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury what allocation he proposes to make to the horticultural industry from the soft wood imports from Finland.
asked the President of the Board of Trade what percentage of tobacco from sterling sources and from the Mediterranean area is now being blended in the tobacco sold to the public.
asked the President of the Board of Trade to what extent prices of textiles for home consumption and exports have been affected by the price minimum regulations enforced by the Yarn Spinners...
asked the President of the Board of Trade to what extent it is the policy of His Majesty's Government to seek to withhold labour and raw materials from firms in dollar-earning industries, who...
Resolution reported: That, for the purposes of any Act of the present Session (hereinafter called "the Justices Act") to amend the law relating to justices of the peace (including stipendiary...
Considered in Committee.
3.31 p.m.
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the Clause stand part of the Bill."
Motion made, Question proposed, "That the Clause stand part of the Bill."
I beg to move, in page 4, line 4, to leave out from the beginning, to "who," in line 7. The effect of this Amendment is to delete the provision for the entering in the supplemental list of the...
I beg to move, in page 5, line 16, at the end, to add: and section thirty-four of the Salmon Fisheries (Scotland) Act, 1868, in so far as it directs that a justice shall not be disqualified from...
I beg to move, in page 5, line 23, after "partner," to insert "or employee." This is a drafting Amendment to improve the effect of this Bill. The Clause provides that where a solicitor is...
I beg to move in page 5, line 44, at the end, to insert: (2) Subject to the provisions of this section a justice of the peace shall be entitled to receive payments by way of compensation for...
The Deputy-Chairman: It might be of convenience to the Committee if a general Debate took place on the Amendment standing in the name of the hon. Member for St. Albans (Mr. Dumpleton), on page...
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. Snow.]
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