Thursday, 23 March 1950
The House met at Half past Two o'Clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
BRITISH TRANSPORT COMMISSION BILL (By Order)
asked the Minister of Health (1) what arrangements he has made for practitioners who are willing to undertake full-time service in health centres in any part of the country to secure an...
asked the Minister of Health what is the total sum under the National Health Scheme now outstanding to chemists; over what period such sum is owing; how many chemists are concerned; and why there...
asked the Minister of Health what steps he is taking to prevent patients who have been informed that they will have to wait several months for a bed in hospital being admitted within a few days...
asked the Minister of Health why the chairman and three members of the Kingston Group Hospital Management Committee, whose names have been supplied to him, have not been re-appointed; and whether...
asked the Minister of Health whether it is with his approval that paid servants of Regional Hospital Boards or Group Hospital Management Committees are appointed members of the particular boards...
asked the Minister of Health if he will consider sending a proportion of tuberculosis cases to Continental sanatoria in order to relieve the waiting list for beds in this country.
asked the Minister of Health to what extent he has given consideration to the recommendation contained in paragraph 182 of the annual report of the National Miners' Welfare Joint Council, 1948,...
asked the Minister of Health whether his regulations authorise a doctor in the National Health Service to tell a patient that he is forbidden to prescribe the drug he considers most suitable for...
asked the Minister of Health what was the total value of orders placed for medical services, drugs, prescriptions and equipment, and not yet paid for at the latest convenient available date.
asked the Minister of Health how much he has realised by the sale of hospital securities; and whether the selling of them has been completed
asked the Minister of Health if he is aware of the shortage of accommodation for maternity cases in North Cornwall; and if he will take steps to remedy the situation with the least possible delay
asked the Minister of Health what was the landed duty paid value of hospital glassware imported for his Department from Germany; the rate of duty paid; and the saving made compared with the...
asked the Minister of Health what evidence is available as to the percentage of deaf people who continue to use their Medresco hearing aids after an initial period of six months.
asked the Minister of Health if he will give any information about the practice of some institutions which look after mentally defective girls of allowing them to take jobs of daily service; and...
asked the Minister of Health how many complaints he has had from parents of adopted children making claims under the National Health Service on the need for producing adoption orders in order to...
asked the Minister of Health what is the present delay in the supply of spectacles under the National Health Service; and when it is hoped to overtake the demand.
asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware of the shortage of staff in mental hospitals; and what proposals he has for encouraging recruitment in this service.
asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware of the concern in the nursing profession and the effect on recruitment caused by the delay in the publication of new salary scales; and whether he...
asked the Minister of Health if he will give an estimate of how many new houses would need to be built to enable every family in Great Britain to have a separate house; and how long the building...
asked the Minister of Health whether he is satisfied with the standard of accommodation of the Service hutments now used by civilian families around Colchester; and what action he intends to take...
asked the Minister of Health what progress he has made under the Housing Act, 1949, with the reconditioning of farm workers' cottages.
asked the Minister of Health why it is necessary for a local authority to surrender one of its quota of licences for permanent houses where application is granted for the adaptation of a hut or...
asked the Minister of Health what steps he proposes to take to have defined more clearly what is a fair rent for the guidance of rent tribunals and the law courts; and when does he propose to...
asked the Minister of Health which of the following local authorities have had allocations of houses which they cannot build: Birmingham, Bradford, Bristol, Cardiff, Coventry. Leeds, Liverpool,...
asked the Minister of Health whether the Registrar-General is preparing to carry out in 1951 a census of the population of the United Kingdom; and whether a census of housing will be carried out...
asked the Minister of Health if he will enable local authorities to purchase property at current market values, as under his present regulations they are unable to obtain the necessary premises
asked the Minister of Health the reasons for the delay in building the Haig homes for disabled ex-Service men in Cardiff
asked the Minister of Health (1) when he anticipates that a main water supply will be available for the Parish of Aust, Gloucestershire; (2) whether he is satisfied that there is no danger to...
Air-Commodore Harvey: asked the Minister of Health if he will now give a decision regarding the third contract in connection with the Hug Bridge Water Supply, Congleton, Cheshire, details of...
asked the Minister of Health what proportion of the £15,000,000 granted under the Rural Water Supplies and Sewerage Act, 1944, has so far been allocated to local authorities towards the...
asked the Minister of Health on what grounds an ambulance belonging to the local authority in Bedford was used for the purpose of transporting Mr. House, of 2, Wendover Drive, Bedford, to a...
asked the Minister of Health what steps he is taking to stop the discharge of untreated sewage in the River Dee at Llangollen
asked the Minister of Health whether his attention has been called to a recent speech, of which a copy has been sent to him, by the chairman of the Finance Committee of the Hertford County...
asked the Minister of Health whether, in view of the great shortage of hotel accommodation in Preston, he will take steps to prevent the Park Hotel being taken over by the Lancashire County...
asked the Lord President of the Council what progress has been made by local authorities in preparation for the Festival of Britain
asked the Minister of Agriculture how many salaried officers of all grades are employed by the Oxfordshire Agricultural Executive Committee including officers of the National Agricultural...
asked the Minister of Agriculture how many sheep, lambs and poultry in England and Wales have been reported to him as having been killed or damaged by dogs in the years 1947, 1948 and 1949; and...
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he proposes to accept the recommendations of the Departmental Committee on Export and Slaughter of Horses, and in particular whether he will make an...
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he will take steps to protect the farmers of East Flintshire who are now threatened with the development of open-cast coal-mining
asked the Minister of Agriculture how many acres of potatoes were under cultivation when potato rationing was ended in 1948; and what is the corresponding figure today
asked the Minister of Agriculture the numbers of agricultural tractors on farms in the United Kingdom in 1939 and at the present time
asked the Minister of Agriculture if he will now make a statement on the Government's policy as to the better use of marginal land
asked the Minister of Agriculture if he will now say when the February review of prices will be completed and announced
Milk: The present average U.K. pool price will be increased by an average of seven-eighths pence per gallon. In addition the production bonus in England and Wales of 1½d. per gallon on the...
The following changes in crop prices operate with the 1951 harvest:
This will be in two parts:
The marginal production schemes in the three countries will be extended to afford relief to farmers who are in a small or moderate way of business producing milk, pigs or eggs, where these...
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is aware that the present hostel system of casual labour is holding up agricultural production owing to the high rate of charges made by the county...
asked the Minister of Agriculture when he expects to be able to lift the control on the minimum number of store poultry that can be sent to market
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he will withdraw the regulation under which beekeepers may only put sections on hives which are collecting heather honey in order that clover section...
asked the Minister of Agriculture what steps he is taking to assist fishermen who have great difficulty at present in selling their catches of crabs
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many dog licences were issued in 1949
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he has any statement to make respecting his recent negotiations with the Trades Union Council Special Economic Committee, with reference to the...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the outstanding amount of post-war credits owed to the people of Great Britain, and the present annual rate of repayment
Mr. De la Bère: asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will consider, in certain Government Departments, employing men over 65 years of age, subject to a strict medical examination,...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he has come to a final decision as to whether or not to implement those recommendations of the Masterman Committee which would involve a restriction...
Mr. De la Bère: asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will consider amalgamating the duties of public relations officers and Press officers in Government Departments in order to...
Sir Hugh O'Neil: (by Private Notice) asked the Leader of the House whether he is aware that the hon. Member for Belfast, West (Reverend J. G. MacManaway) has not yet taken his seat in this House...
Might I ask the Lord President of the Council and the Leader of the House of Commons whether he has any statement to make on the subject of Business?
On a point of Order. In today's Order Paper, page 268, at the bottom appears these words: For Amendments in Committee on Diplomatic Privileges (Extension) Bill, see pages one and two of...
With permission, I should like to make a statement with regard to what I hope the House will consider only an error of detail in the observations I made last Tuesday, when we had a discussion on...
Ordered:
(7TH ALLOTTED DAY)
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £1,010,355, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year...
4.8 p.m.
5.40 p.m.
Motion made, and Question proposed, 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...
7.7 p.m.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £13,880,400, be granted to His Majesty to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year...
8.50 p.m.
"That a sum, not exceeding £137,577,100, 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, 1951, for...
"That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £133,511,600, 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,...
Considered in Committee.
Lieut.-Colonel Boles, Mr. Bowles, Colonel Clarke, Mr. Clement Davies, Colonel Sir Charles MacAndrew and Mr. Viant appointed Managing Trustees of the House of Commons Members' Fund in pursuance of...
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. Popplewell.]
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