Wednesday, 14 December 1949
The House met at Half past Two o' Clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Return ordered,
Return ordered, of the number of Private Bills, Hybrid Bills, and Bills for confirming Provisional Orders introduced into the House of Commons and brought from the House of Lords, and of Acts...
Return ordered, of Motions for Adjournment under Standing Order No. 9, showing the date of such Motion, the name of the Member proposing the definite matter of urgent public importance and the...
Return ordered, of the number of Public Bills, distinguishing Government from other Bills, introduced into this House, or brought from the House of Lords, during Sessions 1948 and...
Return ordered, of the number of Public Petitions presented and printed in Sessions 1948 and 1948–49, with the total number of signatures in those Sessions."—[The Deputy-Chairman of...
Return ordered, of the number of Select Committees appointed in Sessions 1948 and 1948–49, the Chairman's Panel and the Court of Referees; the subjects of inquiry; the names of the Members...
Return ordered, of (1) the days on which the House sat in Sessions 1948 and 1948–49 stating for each day the date of the month and day of the week, the hour of the meeting, and the hour of...
Return ordered, for Sessions 1948 and 1948–49 of (1) the total number and the names of all Members (including and distinguishing Chairmen) who have been appointed to serve on one or more of...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs why no reply has been sent to the petition of the Aldermen of Heligoland, handed into the British High Commission of Control in Berlin on 10th...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what was the purpose of Sir Ivone Kirkpatrick's recent official visit to Dusseldorf; and what was the nature of his address to Ruhr industrialists...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to what extent improvements have taken place in Germany in respect of paternity allegations against British subjects, both military and civil;...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to what extent the technical problems resulting from the recent changes in the dismantling programme are under urgent review; whether the...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will give an undertaking not to recognise the Communist Government in China until he has a reasonable assurance that British diplomatic...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will make a statement about the recent talks in Washington with regard to a partnership between Great Britain, the United States of...
Mr. Enroll: asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will apply for American aid for the carrying out in Kenya of a highway needs survey.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he is now in a position to make a statement with regard to the provision of a municipal council or for elected representatives to the Legislative...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if work has commenced on the new airfield at Deepwater Bay, in the new territory of Hong Kong; and what progress has been made.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what sum has been given, or promised, to Malta by Britain since the war; what proportion of the money has been used, up to date, to promote economic...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will state the total sum which has now been advanced to the Colonial Development Corporation for the poultry project in the Gambia.
Mr. H. D. Hughes: asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies on what grounds the British delegation to the General Assembly voted against the principle of equal education for children of all...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what food subsidies were paid, or promised, to Colonies in 1949–50 at the expense of the British taxpayer.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what agreement with the copper mining companies and the British South Africa Company has been arrived at by the Government of Northern Rhodesia for...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how far the wider terms of reference now to be given to the Constitutional Reform Committee of the Leeward Islands cover the examination of the...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies for what reasons the legislation for the deportation of politically undesirable persons has been introduced in the Leeward Islands; and what right of...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies by what date he has instructed the Governor of British Honduras to submit his proposals for relieving the one official who fulfils the functions of...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will state those British Colonies in Africa in which no local defence forces have been raised.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if the export of coconuts, pineapples and other fruits, palm oil and kernels from West African Colonies is now increasing and is not subject to any...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he can now give any further information as to the position with regard to the grievances of ex-Service men in Jamaica; and whether any fresh...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what progress has been made in respect of the conferences, now proceeding, regarding the future Nigerian constitution; and when these deliberations...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty when the provisions of the Prize Act, 1948, will be fully implemented and the funds finally distributed.
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty whether approval for the issue of a clasp, mine clearance, 1918–19, will now be given to officers and men who are eligible in view of the...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty what Admiralty contracts for warship repairs have been placed this year with Hull ship-repairing firms; what is their cost; and whether, in view...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty what is the proportion of men in the Royal Navy available to attend divine worship each Sunday who do so; and what has been the trend in numbers...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty for what reason training establishments have been omitted from the arrangement to hold chaplain's hours in all naval ships and some shore bases.
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty how many claims have been received up to 13th December via the War Office from farmers in the South Devon area for loss of cattle and sheep...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty whether a decision has yet been reached with regard to paying a gratuity to those who sign on again after 12 years' service, as opposed to those...
Mr. Enroll: asked the Postmaster-General if he is now in a position to announce whether the television transmitter programme will escape economy cuts.
asked the Postmaster-General what effect the increased output and range of the television transmitter at Sutton Coldfield will have on the location of other stations and the expansion programme...
asked the Postmaster-General how soon the Battersea area can hope for improved telephone service.
asked the Minister of Defence whether he can now say how the saving of £12,500,000 on Defence expenditure in this financial year will be made.
asked the Minister of Defence if he will have published together all the documents issued since 1945 dealing with the atomic bomb; what is the present position of this country in regard to the...
asked the Minister of Defence (1) whether he will propose an amendment to King's Regulations to ensure that National Service men shall have the same rights as other citizens to participate in...
Sir Ronald: Ross asked the Minister of Defence how much of the proposed programme for housing Service families will be situated at or near the recently formed naval and air establishments in...
asked the Minister of Food why Argentine meat cannot be imported chilled instead of frozen, in view of the fact that this would improve its quality, and that there are refrigerator ships to spare.
asked the Minister of Food (1) if he will make it compulsory for price lists in butchers' shops to be exhibited in a frame in the windows of the shops, the lettering not to be less than 1¼...
asked the Minister of Food if he is aware that the Carrots Order, 1949, provides a price incentive for growers to sell their carrots to canners, with the result that the public is being deprived...
asked the Minister of Food if his Department have yet purchased the trial shipment of eggs from the Gambia, made by the Colonial Development Corporation.
asked the Minister of Food whether he is aware that since the re-imposition of the control of apples order retail prices have risen in the shops to 8½ d. for culinary apples, although...
asked the Minister of Food whether he is aware of the Home Parcel Service operating from India by which food parcels are dispatched to the United Kingdom; and what steps he proposes to take to...
asked the Minister of Food whether he is aware that mothers who are feeding their babies on national dried milk use 1½ teaspoons of sugar five times a day amounting to about a pound a week...
asked the Minister of Food what objections were raised by the Milk Marketing Board to the proposal of Messrs. Southwicks Wholesale Dairies, Limited, to establish a dairy, with main depot status,...
asked the Minister of Food whether he is aware that his food executive officer informed the Aldenham Lodge Hotel Limited, that all applicants for house-charge licences must be in a position to...
asked the Minister of Food if he will make a statement on the progress of his discussions with Commonwealth sugar producers; and what proposals he has made for the limitation of sugar production...
asked the Minister of Food what the results of his inquiries into the quality and sale of coupon-free sweets have been.
asked the Minister of Food if he will instruct food officers to give, when required, the names of informers through whom investigation into alleged food offences has been made, and in cases where...
(by Private Notice) asked the Minister of Labour whether he has any further statement to make about the situation in the electrical power industry.
May I ask the Leader of the House whether he has any further statement to make about the Business for this week?
George Craddock, esquire, for the Borough of Bradford (South Division).
Motion made, and Question put, That the Proceedings on Consideration of the Lords Amendments to the Parliament Square (Improvements) Bill and to the Festival of Britain (Supplementary Provisions)...
Lords Amendments considered.
Lords Amendments considered.
3.59 p.m.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That the Draft Sale of Food (Weights and Measures: Variation of First Schedule) Regulations, 1949, a copy of which was laid before this House on 1st December,...
Lords Amendments considered.
Lords Amendments considered.
11.36 p.m.
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr R. J. Taylor.]
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