Wednesday, 7 December 1949
The House met at Half past Two o' Clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Perhaps I ought to inform the House that I have been told that the bells are out of order. As I see there is a Motion on the Order Paper which might give rise to a Division all I can do is to...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Civil Aviation the number of civil servants employed in his Department at the latest available date.
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Civil Aviation what was the cost of the recent inquiry into the loss of the Dutch air liner at Prestwick.
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Civil Aviation what agreements of associateship are in force between British European Airways Corporation and private operators; and the...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Civil Aviation what regulations he has made prescribing minimum conditions of
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Civil Aviation, on what route it is proposed by his Department that the Bristol Brabazon II aircraft will operate; and when such operations...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Civil Aviation, on what route it is proposed by his Department that the Saunders Roe Princess aircraft will operate; and when such operations...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs how many British troops, naval ratings or merchant seamen arrested by the Russian authorities during the war are still in prison.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what restrictions still exist on communications and passage from Western Austria to Western Germany, and vice versa; and what efforts are being...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what is the maximum number of Germans allowed to be employed in the Civil Aviation Branch of the Control Commission; and what steps he has taken...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has any statement to make regarding the retention by the Soviet authorities from May, 1947, to December, 1949, of Private Noel...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what facilities are being given by his Department to a party of hon. Members who are to visit Yugoslavia at the end of December.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what are the official rations allowed to the Palestinian Arab refugees.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies why a grant of £50,000 has been made from the Colonial Development and Welfare Fund to the Kenya Institute for the purpose of erecting a war...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what progress has been made in group farm planning on contours with African co-operation in Kenya.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what is the expenditure up to date on railways and ports serving the groundnut areas in Tanganyika; and what proportion of this has been or will be...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies for what reason the Governor of Jamaica has prohibited local newspapers from publishing a second edition daily even though the total allocation of...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies to what extent the supply of sulphurtone to the leper colonies in Malaya is being maintained; and if he is satisfied that the amount sent is...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies in view of the vital interests of Malaya in rubber production, to what extent his Department was consulted about the proposed level of production of...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what success has attended the planting of cocoa in Malaya before the war; and what further areas it is now proposed to open up there in cocoa.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what steps he proposes to take on the representations made by the citizens of Penang for secession from the Federation of Malaya; and if it is...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what steps are being taken to consult the people of British Guiana on changes in the Franchise and the composition of the Legislative Council in view...
Mr. H. D. Hughes: asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what progress has been made in investigating possibilities of expanding rice cultivation in British Guiana; and when an expert...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how many Arabs of Aden are attending the Gordon Memorial College at Khartoum; and how many scholarships or grants have been given by the Government...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what plans for the training of African artisans have been prepared by the Uganda Electricity Board.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies (1) whether the report of the Commission of Inquiry into the disturbances in Uganda in April has yet been received; in what form the findings and...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what is the purpose of the official visit of a high-ranking officer of the Special Branch of Scotland Yard to Uganda; and whether the Government of...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies (1) how many cocoa trees in the Gold Coast were cut out in the latest 12 months for which figures are now available; and how many trees contracted...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what are the provisions of the new Immigration Bill recently introduced into the Legislative Council of Northern Rhodesia.
Mr. H. D. Hughes: asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if consideration is being given, to the possibility of expanding rice cultivation in British Honduras.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what steps are being taken to improve the medical services of British Honduras.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how many miners employed at the Enugu mine staged a stay down strike; and what steps were taken to bring them to the surface.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies in what Colonies picketing during industrial, disputes is illegal or prohibited, temporarily or otherwise.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what censorship of correspondence and the Press is now operated in Nigeria.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if, in view of the unfortunate tension and apprehension existing among the Ewe people he will give an undertaking that action on the proposals in the...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies (1) why the United Kingdom representative at the United Nations General Assembly, on 15th November last, voted against a resolution, which was passed...
asked the. Prime Minister if he is prepared to recommend that a Royal Commission be set up to investigate the problem of Colonial government, with a view to considering the advisability of...
Major Lloyd: asked the Lord President of the Council the rates of wages and the average weekly earnings of those in each trade employed in the buildings and sites of the 1951 Exhibition; and...
asked the Minister of Defence to what extent, in view of the coming election, it is contemplated that new regulations defining the position of serving officers and men in regard to Parliamentary...
asked the Minister of Defence if he has any statement to make on the recent meeting of the Defence Ministers of the signatory Powers of the North Atlantic Treaty.
asked the Minister of Defence if he will make a statement with regard to wives and families joining their husbands in Hong Kong.
asked the Minister of Food if he will now increase the meat ration.
asked the Minister of Food if, in view of the fact that it is undesirable to keep bacon for more than a few weeks, even in cold stores, he will reconsider the position of a person who keeps and...
asked the Minister of Food what house charge he has licensed the Government Hospitality Centre in Park Street, London, to levy; and on what grounds he granted the licence.
asked the Minister of Food whether he consulted the Milk Marketing Board before he approved the proposal of Messrs. Southwicks Wholesale Dairies Limited to establish a dairy with main depot...
asked the Minister of Food, what is the storage capacity of the Government operated cold storage building at Cardiff Docks; and what tonnages were in store there on the following dates, 1st...
asked the Minister of Food what proportion of the supply of home-killed beef is now derived from cows.
asked the Minister of Food if, having regard to the recent resignations of Mr. J. N. McLean, special adviser to the chairman and Board of the Overseas Food Corporation, and Colonel J. A....
asked the Minister of Food why the permission granted by him on 30th September, 1949, to import peanuts from India on open general licence has been restricted to shipments made by 24th November,...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty why European members of the Royal Navy Dockyard Police in Hong Kong with non-European wives are, for the purposes of pay and quarters, counted...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty why it has not been possible for his Department to make any further communication to the Institution of Professional Civil Servants following...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty the number of frigates, which have recently been or are about to be transferred from the Royal Navy to the Egyptian Government; and what...
With your permission, Mr. Speaker, I wish to make a personal statement. I desire to remove a serious public misconception which has apparently arisen following a Question put to me last Monday....
Proceedings on Government Business exempted, at this day's Sitting, from the provisions of Standing Order No. 1 (Sittings of the House).—[Mr. H. Morrison.]
Considered in Committee (Bill amended in the Select Committee).
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the Clause stand part of the Bill."
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the Clause stand part of the Bill."
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this be the Schedule to the Bill."
Resolution reported: That, for the purposes of any Act of the present Session to make provision as to the operation of the law in relation to India, it is expedient to authorise the payment out...
Considered in Committee.
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the Clause stand part of the Bill."
Considered in Committee. [Progress, 6th December.]
4.45 p.m.
Amendment made: In page 10, line 5, leave out "proceedings," and insert "case."—[The Attorney-General.]
6.30 p.m.
I beg to move, in page 11, line 36, to leave out the second "and," and to insert "or." This is a purely drafting Amendment. The word "and" is a mistake in the present text, and I do not think...
I beg to move, in page 13, line 32, to leave out "seventy-five," and to insert "fifty." I will not detain the Committee for more than a minute or two on this matter because I touched upon it...
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the Clause stand part of the Bill."
I beg to move, in page 17, line 19, to leave out from "committee," to the end of line 20, and to insert: and to a county borough or county not divided into petty sessional divisions which is...
Mr. Corlett.
I beg to move, in page 19, line 1, at the beginning, to insert: As from the date when section nineteen of this Act comes into force. This is the first of a series of Amendments—others are...
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the Clause stand part of the Bill."
Amendments made: In page 22, line 16, leave out from beginning, to second "the," in line 24, and insert: (4) Where immediately before the said date a person is justices' clerk and collecting...
I beg to move, in page 23, line 24, to leave out "separate commission of the peace," and to insert "magistrates' courts committee.' It may be convenient to the Committee to consider this...
Amendment made: In page 27, line 33, leave out "enactment to that effect," and insert: provision to that effect made by or under any Act."—[The Attorney-General.]
I beg to move, in page 29, line 14, at the end, to insert: and of any boroughs or urban districts comprised in a district referred to in paragraph (d) of this subsection.
I beg to move, in page 31, line 16, to leave out subsection (2). This Clause introduces an Amendment of the Metropolitan Police Courts Act, 1839, an Amendment which I consider to be of a rather...
Amendments made: In page 33, line 43, leave out from "determination," to "that," in line 44, and insert "under the next following subsection."
Amendment made: In page 39, line 43, after "1948," insert: or under section seventy-seven of the Criminal Justice Act, 1948."—[The Attorney-General.]
Amendment made: In page 41, line 3, at the beginning, insert: Except in so far as this Act provides to the contrary."—[The Attorney-General.]
I beg to move, in page 41, line 39, to leave out "five" and to insert "six." This has the effect of making Clause 6 apply to Scotland. That may be necessary in view of the position of the River...
(1) There shall be in each county and in each borough having a separate commission of the peace an advisory committee for the purpose of advising the Lord Chancellor upon the appointment of...
Subsection (5) of section three of the Local Government Act, 1933 (which provides that the chairman of a county council shall, by virtue of his office be a justice of the peace for the county),...
(1) Nothing contained in Part III or Part IV of this Act shall modify or affect any of the provisions of Part XVI or Part XVII of the Middlesex County Council Act, 1944, and such provisions shall...
I beg to move in page 47, line 45, after "recorder," to insert "or court of quarter sessions." This and the following three Amendments are consequential.
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this be the Third Schedule to the Bill."
I beg to move, in page 53, line 13, after "county" to insert, "and the deputy-chairman." This and the next three Amendments standing in the name of my hon. and learned Friend the Member for the...
I beg to move, in page 59, line 21, after "(1)" to insert "(5) or (6)." This and the following Amendments are consequential to the Amendments made to Clause 23 which were accepted and I hope the...
11.25 p.m.
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