Monday, 20 March 1950
The House met at Half past Two o'Clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
I regret to have to inform the House of the death of Adam Storey McKinlay, esquire, Member for Dunbartonshire, West, and I desire on behalf of the House to express our sense of the loss we have...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power whether he will now make a statement as to the future of the standard petrol ration.
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power what is the cost of the steam utilisation refresher course being, held at Reading University under the auspices of the Regional Joint Education Committee of...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power whether he is aware that cases have arisen where an area electricity board has refused to honour a contract made with another.electricity board; and if he...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power what method is adopted by his Department for determining whether or not the use of public transport is reasonably practicable by applicants for supplementary...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power if he will consider freeing the sale of diesel oil for road vehicles, which will make a saving in administrative cost without incurring extra dollar expenditure.
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power whether he will, in the interest of public economy, review the costly system of maintaining local fuel overseers.
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power whether he is aware of the short-fall in coal deliveries to coal merchants in Stafford over the winter months; to what extent this applies also to other areas...
asked the Attorney-General if legislation will be introduced to give effect to those recommendations of the Porter Committee for the amendment of the law of libel to which it has not been...
asked the Minister of Food whether he is aware that in South Antrim and County Armagh there are 9,500 acres of orchards and that present growers are in a serious plight because, whereas in 1948,...
Air-Commodore Harvey: asked the Minister of Food if he will now allow fish to be served as an extra course in hotels and restaurants.
Air-Commodore Harvey: asked the Minister of Food if he will give some indication as to when more distributions of pork will be made available on the meat ration.
asked the Minister of Food if he is aware that the terms of Circular No. 3115 issued by his Department have been interpreted as an intention to reduce the cooking fat, the cheese, ordinary, and...
asked the Minister of Food if he will make a statement as to why his Department gave directions to the Overseas Food Corporation to try to prevent the publication of the book entitled "The...
Mr. De la Bère: asked the Minister of Food why he has indicated to the fruit and vegetable canners of rhubarb that the most which canners ought to anticipate is enough sugar for a pack of 25...
asked the Minister of Food if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT a statement showing what percentage of our imports of meat, bacon, butter, cheese and eggs came from foreign countries in 1948...
asked the Minister of Food (1) if he will consider the advisability of setting up a committee to consider a reorganisation of the distribution of vegetables and soft fruits, with a view to...
asked the Minister of Food why he is allowing the import of tinned Russian crab meat, when our own fishermen are unable to get a market for crabs.
asked the Minister of Food whether, in view of the recommendation in the 13th Report of the Select Committee on Estimates in Session 1948–49 of the last Parliament that preparations should...
asked the Minister of Food what was the object of the letter addressed by his Department to Messrs. John Harvey & Sons, Bristol, as to their description of their sherry; and what action he...
asked the Minister of Food when he anticipates being in a position to inform tea growers in India and Ceylon what price he is prepared to offer for tenders to the 1950 bulk contract.
Mr. Vane: asked the Minister of Food what are the usual contents of the emulsifying agent used in the manufacture of processed cheese; and in what proportion it is added.
asked the Minister of Food if he will increase the soap ration.
asked the Minister of Transport if he is aware that ships have been diverted from British yards to Dutch yards for repair because the Dutch yards have more modern equipment; and if he will make a...
asked the Minister of Transport whether he is aware of the hardship caused to the inhabitants of Whitchurch, Oxfordshire, by the continuance of toll charges at Whitchurch Bridge; whether he is...
asked the Minister of Transport if his attention has been drawn to the loss at sea of the s.s. "Hopestar," owing to the reduction of strength brought about by structural alterations; what action...
asked the Prime Minister whether he will now reconsider the question of appointing a Royal Commission to investigate and report on the Marriage Laws.
asked the Prime Minister whether His Majesty's Government received any warning regarding Dr. Fuchs from His Majesty's Government in Canada when the Canadian Royal Commission was sitting in 1946.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs when he intends to ask Parliament to ratify the United Nations Convention on Genocide.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs how, and when, the allocation will be made of the compensation to be paid by the Yugoslav Government in respect of British properties sequestrated...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs the number of Russians in the Russian Mission in London and of British in the British Mission in Moscow.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he has any statement to make on the possibility of a peace treaty being now concluded with Japan.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether any discussions have taken place between His Majesty's Government and the Government of the United States of America relative to inserting...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (1) whether His Majesty's Government was consulted by the French authorities concerning the new Saar Convention prior to that instrument being...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs where and under what conditions Mr. Sanders is suffering his sentence of imprisonment; and whether any representative of His Majesty's Government...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether any claim has been made, or is proposed to be made, to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics for the payment of compensation to Mr....
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what negotiations are in progress to enable the peoples of Britain and France to visit each other without passports.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will make a statement concerning the recent disturbances at Salzgitter.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has now considered the petition, signed and handed in to the British Government Office in Hamburg on 10th January, 1946, by the...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is aware that South Schleswig is already overcrowded with German refugees, most of whom are unable to obtain employment; and what steps...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what is the present position regarding a Common- wealth loan to Burma; and what British participation is proposed.
Ordered: That this day, the Business of Supply may be taken after Ten o'clock and shall be exempted from the provisions of Standing Order No. 1 (Sittings of the House)."—[The Prime Minister.]
[4TH ALLOTTED DAY]
Order for Committee read.
6.54 p.m.
Motion made, and Question proposed. "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. R. J. Taylor.]
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