Monday, 27 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 Frederick Arthur Cobb, esquire, Member for Brighouse and Spenborough, and I desire on behalf of the House to express our sense of the loss we...
asked the Minister of Food if he will arrange that animals dealt with in Government slaughterhouses are invariably despatched by the humane killer.
asked the Minister of Food in what capacity he recently employed Mr. John Albert Tempest, Livingstone Road, Perry Barr, Birmingham, and how long Mr. Tempest was employed by his Department, the...
asked the Minister of Food what function is currently performed by the staff of the National Egg Distributors' Association, Limited; what is the total annual cost of salaries and wages of that...
Air-Commodore Harvey: asked the Minister of Food how much fish has been used for manure and how much sold to the fish meal works since 1st September, 1949, until the latest convenient date.
asked the Minister of Food if he will give an up-to-date list of the classes of industrial and agricultural employees who receive extra rations; and the amount of extra ration in each case.
asked the Minister of Food if he will make a statement detailing the various bulk-purchase contracts entered into by his Department since 1945, with particulars of the duration of such contracts...
asked the Minister of Food whether he is aware of the benefit that adolescent workers would derive from an increase in their consumption of milk and milk foods; and what steps he proposes to take...
asked the Minister of Food the arrangements that have been made for buying fruit pulp from Canada and the United States, and the quantities involved.
asked the Minister of Food what amount of animal feedingstuffs, expressed in value and tonnage, he expects to import during the next 12 months.
asked the Minister of Food what sums, in addition to the £29,350,000, of which this House was informed on 7th November last, have been advanced to the Overseas Food Corporation.
asked the Minister of Food why there has been a fall in the production of home grown sugar as compared with last year.
asked the Minister of Food whether he is aware that the total calorie intake pre-war from grain and potatoes was 34 per cent. and in 1946 was 42 per cent.; and whether he will now give the...
asked the Minister of Food what offers of eggs from the Gambia, produced under the Colonial Development Corporation's Scheme, his Department has received; and what purchases it has made.
asked the Minister of Food whether, in view of the increased surplus of milk which is anticipated during the next few months, he will give details of the steps which he proposes to take to...
asked the Minister of Food whether he is aware of complaints from Cardiff butchers concerning the quantity of low grade meat allocated to them for distribution; and whether he will make a statement.
asked the Minister of Food if we will now consider reducing the extraction of flour from wheat in order to increase the whiteness of the flour, to produce more cattle provender and thus to save...
asked the Minister of Food, in view of the fact that the country would benefit from making the choice of diet as free as possible, what steps he proposes to take in the near future to improve the...
asked the Minister of Food why we import plums from Czechoslovakia when we have plenty of plums of our own.
asked the Minister of Food what dollar expenditure is involved in the sale in this country of Coca-cola.
asked the Minister of Food when a further supply of sultanas will be available in the shops.
asked the Minister of Food whether he will arrange for the publication of the letter written on or about 12th February, 1950, by the Minister of Food to Mr. Gollancz, as a result of which...
asked the Minister of Food whether he will increase the minimum fruit content of raspberry jam made by jam manufacturers from 20 per cent. to 30 per cent.
asked the Minister of Food whether he is aware of the growing difficulty which shopkeepers have in disposing of pointed goods; and whether he will make a statement on his policy towards such goods.
asked the Minister of Food what alteration he proposes to make in the prices of food, consequent upon the decisions made in the 1950 February price review.
asked the Minister of Food when fresh cream will be made available for the general public.
asked the Minister of Transport whether he is aware that repairs to the Halifax—Burnley road at Luddendenfoot and Mytholmroyd have caused traffic delays for many months past; and when he...
asked the Minister of Transport when it is proposed to introduce amendments of the existing pedestrian crossing regulations, based on the recommendations of the Committee on Road Safety, and...
asked the Minister of Transport (1) how many owners or ex-owners of undertakings compulsorily acquired by the British Transport Commission know the final amount of their total compensation; and...
Surgeon Lieut.-Commander Bennett: asked the Minister of Transport if he has yet come to a decision about the proposals submitted to him for an alternative main road from Lee-on-Solent as...
asked the Minister of Transport if the requisite number of nations have now signed the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, which was drawn up at the conference in London in...
asked the Minister of Transport how many men sat in 1949 for their master's or mate's certificate under the Merchant Shipping Act; how many were successful; and if he is satisfied with the...
asked the Prime Minister if, in view of the Fuchs trial and of the evidence given in telegram 270 on page 59 of the Report of the Royal Commission on the Canadian spy trial, he will set up a...
asked the Prime Minister how soon supplies of the ribbon of the Malayan General Service Medal will be available in the theatre of operations.
asked the Lord President of the Council what proportion of the space in the Festival of Britain Exhibition is being allocated to the display of engineering products.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will make a statement on the resignation of Mr. R. Daglish, formerly assistant editor in Moscow of "British Alley"; whether he is aware that...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what representation he has made to the Spanish Government regarding the alleged discrimination against British shipping at Las Palmas on 16th March.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs why he recently recalled to this country the British Commercial and Military Attaches in Budapest.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, in the course of the present negotiations with the Argentine Government, he will endeavour to secure an agreement to avoid the payment of...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, in view of the fact that British views are not accorded sufficient consideration on the Far Eastern Commission, what steps His Majesty's...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs how many Polish refugees in excess of the 25,000 authorised under the agreement of November, 1949, between the Allied High Commissioner and the...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has received the report of the British High Commissioner in Germany regarding the showing of the film, "Titanic," in the American zone;...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he has considered the appeal by Mr. Trygve Lie for a twenty years peace plan, a copy of which has been sent him; and if he will make a statement.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs when it is proposed to renew full diplomatic relations with the Government of Spain.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what formal request he has received from the new Wafd Government of Egypt for the opening of negotiations to revise the Anglo-Egyptian Treaty of...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs why the Soviet Mission and Soviet agencies in London are permitted to have approximately 259 members when the corresponding figure for British...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what is the normal diplomatic practice as regards the notification by foreign embassies in London of the departure of their members.
Ordered, That this day Business other than the Business of Supply may be taken before Ten o'clock."—[Mr. Ede.]
[8TH ALLOTTED DAY]
Resolution reported, 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...
"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 during...
"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 at home and...
Resolution reported: 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...
"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, which will...
Resolution reported: 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...
"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 year...
"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 the 31st...
"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 year ending...
"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, 1950, for...
Resolution reported: That a number of Land Forces, not exceeding 467,000, all ranks, be maintained for the safety of the United Kingdom and the defence of the possessions of His Majesty's Crown,...
Resolution reported; That a number of officers, airmen and airwomen, not exceeding 215,000, all ranks, be maintained for Air Force Service, during the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1951.
"to provide, during 12 months, for the discipline and regulation of the Army and the Air Force and to repeal certain enactments relating thereto," presented accordingly, and read the First time;...
"That a sum, not exceeding £52,850,000, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the expense of the pay, etc., of the Air Force, which will come in course of payment during the year ending on...
"That a sum, not exceeding £1,442,900, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the expense of the reserve and auxiliary services (to a number not exceeding 56,000 all ranks, for the Royal Air...
"That a sum, not exceeding £78,000,000, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the expense of aircraft and stores, which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day...
"That a sum, not exceeding £26,440,000, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the expense of works and lands, which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of...
"That a sum, not exceeding £4,345,000, 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 the 31st day...
"That a sum, not exceeding £100, be granted to His Majesty, to defray the expense of certain additional married quarters, which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the...
Resolutions reported:
"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 ending on the 31st day of March,...
"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, 1950, for...
"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 ending on the 31st day of March,...
Resolution reported: 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...
Resolution reported: 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...
8.0 p.m.
"That a sum, not exceeding £611 1s. 5d., be granted to His Majesty, to make good an excess on the grant for Osborne for the year ended on the 31st day of March, 1949."
Resolutions reported: That, towards making good the Supply granted to His Majesty for the service of the year ended on 31st day of March, 1949, the sum of £611 1s. 5d. be granted out of the...
"to apply certain sums out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the years ending on the thirty-first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and forty-nine, one thousand nine hundred and...
Resolved: That the Import Duties (Consolidation) Order, 1949 (S.I., 1949, No. 2355), dated 16th December, 1949, a copy of which was laid before this House on 19th December, 1949 in the last...
Resolved, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. Pearson.]
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