Wednesday, 22 March 1950
The House met at Half past Two o'Clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
AYCLIFFE DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION (DISTRICT HEATING) BILL (By Order)
Air-Commodore Harvey: asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty in what circumstances has the training with the Royal Navy of cadets for the Royal Canadian Navy been suspended.
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty what payment is to be made for the use of naval personnel in searching for possible treasure at Tobermory.
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty whether consideration of the first report of the Naval Court Martial Committee has now been concluded.
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty what is the maximum number of patients who can be accommodated in the Royal Naval hospital at Port Edgar; and what was the highest number of...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty if he is aware that there is much dissatisfaction amongst former sea cadets, who are now being drafted to the Army instead of the Royal Navy;...
Brigadier Clarke: asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty what is the value of Government stores and supplies, the property of his Department, that have been lost in transit on the...
Surgeon Lieut.-Commander Bennett: asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty what cuts he is intending to make in the civilian staffs of the Admiralty yards and establishments at...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty if he will make a statement on the future use of his Department's grid at Burnham-on-Crouch; and if he is aware of the importance to the people...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty under what circumstances civil employees of his Department are granted permission to join the Territorial Army; in how many cases permission has...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty how many ratings and other ranks of the Royal Navy and Royal Marines completed their first period of service during the last 12 months; and...
asked the Postmaster-General when the regulations now being prepared by his Department to prevent the radiation of electro-magnetic energy from interfering with wireless and television reception...
asked the Postmaster-General if he will now issue an up to date statement of the television transmitter programme taking into account the effect of capital cuts arising from devaluation
asked the Postmaster-General how many persons in the boroughs of Wimbledon and Malden and Coombe, respectively, who have applied for telephones in their business premises and private houses are...
The following Questions stood upon the Order Paper in the name of Mr. PETER ROBERTS.
asked the Postmaster-General how many public kiosks are due to be allocated this year to the county of Huntingdon, which contains many small and remote villages which have no kiosks; and what...
asked the Postmaster-General how many residents and business people in Wembley are waiting for the telephone service; what is the date of the longest outstanding application; and what progress is...
asked the Postmaster-General if he will state the principles upon which he appoints sub-postmasters in cases where the sub-post office is situated in a shop.
asked the Postmaster-General if he will give the reasons for changing the venue of the sub-post office, Cowbridge Road, Cardiff, in view of the fact that a recent inspection report considered the...
asked the Postmaster-General what action he proposes taking to prevent at future elections the postal delivery of returning officers' poll cards within envelopes containing political party literature.
asked the Postmaster-General whether he is now in a position to make a statement as to the result of his consideration of the rules governing recognition of staff associations by his Department.
asked the Postmaster-General whether he will now provide the facilities of a sub-office for the inhabitants of Jagger Green and Old Lindley, in the urban district of Elland Yorkshire.
asked the Secretary of State for Air how many men in the Royal Air Force were misemployed at the latest date for which figures are available; and what percentage of the total number of men that...
Brigadier Clarke: asked the Secretary of State for Air what is the value of Government stores and supplies, the property of his Department, that have been lost in transit on the railways each...
asked the Secretary of State for Air if he will consider the case, of which particulars have been sent to him, where an officer commanding at a Royal Air Force station refused permission to a...
asked the Secretary of State for Air whether he has considered the protest sent to him by nine fishermen of Heligoland against the bombardment of their cemetery; and whether he will give...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Civil Aviation whether he is aware that the Wilmslow Urban District Council will be obliged to spend an additional sum, amounting to...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Civil Aviation, what reports have been made to his Department that the beam on the approach to Ringway Aerodrome, Manchester. is sometimes...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Civil Aviation when he estimates that the Princess flying-boats will be using the Southampton Marine Airport; and what interim uses will be...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Civil Aviation whether he is aware that an application from East Anglian Flying Services Limited to provide a mid-week day excursion service...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what proposals he has received from the Government of the United States of America in relation to atomic energy and the hydrogen bomb project; and...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will instruct our dismantling authorities in Germany to refrain in future from dynamiting the foundations of works which, in the view of...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what is the nature of the protest from Herr Brauer, the Senior Burgomaster of Hamburg, to the Regional Commission about the proposed demolition of...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what steps he is taking to safeguard British assets in Burma.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs the total financial aid in all forms received from Britain by Burma since the end of the war.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what action has been taken by His Majesty's Government since the issue of Command Paper No. 7838 last November to implement the recommendations of...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what additional dollar expenditure, or loss of dollar earnings, is involved in the abolition of petrol rationing in Malaya.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how far it has been possible to prevent the recruitment of Communist terrorists in Malaya from within or from without that country.
asked the Minister of Defence whether he is aware that British Service personnel in the Western Zone of Germany were, in many cases, prevented from exercising their votes in the recent General...
asked the Minister of Food why Polish frozen egg which was not fit for human consumption was sent to the North Lincolnshire bakery traders just before Christmas 1949.
asked the Minister of Food whether he is aware that owing to the high costs of gear, fuel and freight rates many inshore fishermen may have to lay up their boats with the consequent reduction in...
asked the Minister of Food whether he will consider allowing those who find the sweet ration in excess of their requirements, to exchange some points for sugar up to the same sugar content.
asked the Minister of Food, in view of the increase in egg production by the British farmer, what steps he is taking with regard to the importation of eggs from European countries and China.
asked the Minister of Food how many Australian and New Zealand rabbits there are in stock in this country; what further quantity is to be imported under existing contracts; and whether he is...
asked the Minister of Food if he will list the items of food removed from rationing during the past year and those still rationed, stating the amount per head in each case.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will make a statement on the agreement concluded between the Nigerian Government and the United Africa Company on mineral royalties.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what is the total sum of money Which has now been allocated for Colonial development out of the £120 million under the Act; how much of the...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies to what extent the British Council is now exercising responsibility for meeting the needs of Colonial students in this country; what funds have been...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what steps have been taken to suppress the secret society known as "Rukun Tigabelas," which was responsible for the murder of the Governor of Sarawak.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies when he hopes to be able to report on the suitability of the Volta river project in the Gold Coast as a sterling area source of aluminium.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what further action has been taken in respect of the Rotawa Forest, Sierra Leone, dispute; what restrictions on farm clearing exist; and to what...
"to make further provision for the acquisition of land, creation of easements and carrying out of work in development areas; to authorise the Board of Trade to make grants in exceptional cases in...
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)."—[Mr. Whiteley.]
[6th ALLOTTED DAY]
Order for Committee read.
6.42 p.m.
Resolved: That 143,000 Officers, Seamen, Boys and Royal Marines, borne on the books of His Majesty's Ships and at the Royal Marine Divisions, and members of the Women's Royal Naval Service and...
Resolved: That a sum, not exceeding £34,844,000, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the expense of the pay, etc., of the Royal Navy and Royal Marines, which will come in course of payment...
Resolved: That a sum, not exceeding £12,083,000, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the expense of victualling and clothing for the Navy, including the cost of victualling establishments...
Resolved: That a sum, not exceeding £5,880,000, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the expense of civilians employed on fleet services, which will come in course of payment during the year...
Resolved: That a sum, not exceeding £8,697,000, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the expense of scientific services, including a Grant in Aid to the National Institute of Oceanography,...
Resolved: That a sum, not exceeding £8,310,000, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the expense of works, buildings and repairs at home and abroad, including the cost of superintendence,...
Resolved: That a sum, not exceeding £4,963,900, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the expense of various miscellaneous effective services, which will come in course of payment during the...
Resolved: That a sum, not exceeding £15,185,000, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the expense of non-effective services, which will come in course of payment during the year ending on...
Resolved: That a sum, not exceeding £100, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the expense of certain additional married quarters at home, which will come in course of payment during the...
Resolved: That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £10, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March,...
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. Popplewell.]
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