Thursday, 16 March 1950
The House met at Half past Two o'Clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
I have been asked by the Trustees of the British Museum to present a Petition which they have annually to submit to this House, explaining the financial position and praying for aid. The Petition...
BRITISH TRANSPORT COMMISSION BILL (By Order)
I beg to move, That the several amendments to Standing Orders relating to Private Business hereinafter stated in the Schedule be made:
Standing Order 156A, line 5, leave out from 'that' to 'Exchequer,' in line 8, and insert 'any provision of the Bill— (a) constituting a new county borough or in Scotland a large burgh;(b)...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will consider increasing the penalties for crimes of violence, in view of the increase in the number of such crimes.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department on what basis he determines the amount of ex gratia payments to persons granted royal pardons after terms of imprisonment.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what action is being taken on Part II of the Oaksey Committee's report on police conditions of service.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether his attention has been drawn to the case of a Mrs. Kindred who was put on probation in Birmingham on 27th January after the bench had...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will now extend the degrees of relationship governing the admission of immigrants from Austria and Germany.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what were the circumstances which made it necessary recently to place a police guard on the Coronation Stone at Kingston-upon-Thames.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if, in future, he will publish the names of sponsors of candidates for naturalisation.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will introduce legislation to permit those who find themselves left off the new electoral register to make late application for...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he is aware that in spite of his Ministerial Circular 17/1949 local welfare authorities are still wasting time and money carrying out...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how the number of children and young persons found guilty of offences in 1949 compares with the number in 1948 and 1947.
asked the Minister of Health what is the number of applications for grants which he has sanctioned under Section 20 of the Housing Act, 1949.
asked the Minister of Health the number of local authorities who have submitted schemes for his approval under Part 2 of the Housing Act, 1949, whereby, subject to certain conditions, they may...
asked the Minister of Health if he is aware of the expanding industries of mining and pottery in the city of Stoke-on-Trent; and, in view of the pre-war shortage of houses, the great needs of...
asked the Minister of Health in which of the following cases the waiting list for houses at the end of February, 1950, is less than in December, 1945: Birmingham, Bradford, Bristol, Cardiff,...
Air-Commodore Harvey: asked the Minister of Health if he is aware that the shortage of labour in the cotton industry at Bollington, near Macclesfield, where mills are exporting a considerable...
asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that the Epping Rural District Council have been told that no decision has yet been made as to whether they may take into consideration the number...
asked the Minister of Health whether it was with his knowledge and consent that the South-West Metropolitan Hospital Board issued instructions that parliamentary candidates were not to be allowed...
asked the Minister of Health what instructions he has given to health executive committees on the treatment by dentists of cases of emergency.
asked the Minister of Health whether it is still proposed to proceed with the plan for charging 1s. on prescriptions; and if he has now decided' what is the definition of a prescription.
asked the Minister of Health whether he will make a statement on the application for salary increases by domiciliary nurses and midwives which has been before the Whitley Council since last July.
asked the Minister of Health if he is aware that great hardship is being caused by the large increases in the charges for private beds particularly in maternity hospitals; and whether he will...
Mrs. Hill: asked the Minister of Health when the new salary scales for Departmental sisters in hospitals are to be published.
asked the Minister of Health why the Isolation Hospital and Nurses Home in Gap Road, Wimbledon, have been substantially empty for about four months past, notwithstanding the great demand in the...
asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that some dentists use plastic teeth for permanent dentures; and whether he will advise against this practice on the ground that the teeth stain...
asked the Minister of Health whether he will take steps to bring to the notice of the general public the facts about the nation's health contained in a recent publication of the British Medical...
asked the-Minister of Health whether he is aware that the condenser recently erected in connection with the production of electricity. in the Sculcoates district of Kingston upon-Hull is the...
asked the Minister of Health what Steps he is taking to remove the smoke nuisance at Westbury Street, Wolverhampton; and whether Messrs. Hickmans and Mould have yet been approached on the matter.
asked the Minister of Health whether he will reconsider his decision not to make a grant under the Rural Water Supplies and Sewerage Act, 1944, towards the cost of a scheme of sewage disposal for...
asked the Minister of Health if he will make a statement upon the result of his survey, initiated on 6th April, 1949, of the diets of schoolchildren with a view to ascertaining whether or not...
asked the Minister of Health if he will make a statement on the growth of children; whether the decline in their growth rates between 1945 and 1947 has been arrested; and whether the slowing...
asked the Minister of Health what steps he is taking to give effect to the recommendations contained in the first report of the Local Government Manpower Committee.
asked the Minister of Agriculture if he is aware of the admirable response from fruit farmers in western Worcestershire to his request for increased production of apples; and what steps he...
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether the Rationing Advisory Committee has yet completed its special review of the rationing system for pigs and poultry.
asked the Minister of Agriculture what progress is being made in his discussions with the seed trade over the proposal to institute a system of qualitative control for herbage seeds, both...
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he will give an assurance to retain agricultural workers' hostels, where there is need for the workers and no suitable alternative accommodation.
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he will take steps to empower agricultural wages boards to consider the advisability of bringing gardeners' wages within the range of their awards.
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he will now de-requisition the former tank training area at Burton Wold; or say when he expects to reach a decision in the matter.
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he will now announce the rate of hill cattle subsidy for England and Wales for 1950.
asked the Minister of Agriculture to whom the committee set up to investigate the problems of marginal land is responsible; what are its terms of reference; when was it set up; who are its...
Mr. Vane: asked the Minister of Agriculture how many farms will be affected by the War Department's proposal to extend the Royal Armoured Corps' ranges at Warcop Westmorland
Mr. Vane: asked the Minister of Agriculture how many farm workers' houses have been built with assistance under the Hill Farming Act.
asked the Minister of Agriculture what steps he is taking to protect the fishing industry against the problems arising from the increased cost of coal and the threat to the employment of all the...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what specific offer of assistance has been received from the United States of America in regard to the sterling balances; and if he will give an assurance...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he proposes to release post-war credits to lower age groups than at present.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer why Treasury permission was given to Messrs. George Newnes to spend approximately 90,000 dollars on buying reminiscences of the Royal Family by a Miss Crawford.
asked the Secretary to the Treasury whether he is aware of the hardship involved for small retailers, particularly jewellers, through the charging of Purchase Tax on postage of goods supplied to...
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury why the trustees of the British Museum have refused permission to Mr. Randolph Hughes to examine a memorandum by Sir Edmund Gosse on certain...
Brigadier Clarke: asked the Minister of Labour in view of the reductions on the administrative side of His Majesty's dockyards set out in the Navy Estimates, what steps he is taking to find...
asked the Minister of Education whether he is satisfied that sufficient numbers of dentists will now be available for schools throughout the country.
asked the Minister of Education if he will now relieve the managers of voluntary schools by amending Section 15 (2) of the Education Act, 1944.
The following Question stood upon the Order Paper:
May I ask the Lord President of the Council whether he has any statement to make about Business?
With your permission, Mr. Speaker, I should like to make a short statement on the representation of the United Kingdom in the Consultative Assembly of the Council of Europe. Hon. Members will...
COMMITTEE ON RULES OF PROCEDURE AND PRIVILEGES—
My attention has been called to the misinterpretation of a statement I made in the Debate on Monday. I am quoted in HANSARD as having said: It would be an interesting subject for a plebiscite as...
I have an announcement to make. The hon. Member for Croydon, East (Sir H. Williams) is not here, but he raised a point with me yesterday about Votes and Proceedings. I have given consideration to...
Ordered: That this day Business other than the Business of Supply may be taken before Ten o'clock.That the Proceedings on the Motion relating to the Statement on Defence be exempted, at this...
[3RD ALLOTTED DAY.]
REPORT [15th March]
3.47 p.m.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. Popplewell.]
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