Tuesday, 28 March 1950
The House met at Half past Two o'Clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
The VICE-CHAMBERLAIN OF THE HOUSEHOLD (MR. POPPLEWELL) reported His Majesty's answer to the Address, as follows:
Second Reading deferred till Thursday.
Second Reading deferred till Tuesday next.
Second Reading deferred till Thursday.
I beg to present a humble Petition. The Petition sheweth that there have been 23 million experiments on living animals during the present half century. More than one million of these have been...
asked the Minister of Pensions the total cost to the Exchequer, to the nearest convenient date, of improvements in war pensions and allowances, including pensions and allowances to dependants,...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether, having regard to the continued difficulties encountered in recruiting for the Regular Army, he will now consider the desirability of raising a...
asked the Secretary of State for War the estimated number of rifles destroyed or damaged beyond repair, and the estimated financial loss resulting from the recent fire at Weedon Ordnance Depot;...
Mr. McKie: asked the Secretary of State for War why the contracts for the supply of bread to Cairnryan and Wig Bay camps, near Stranraer, are to be given to an Ayr firm as from 1st April, and if...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that the housing shortage in Droitwich is being gravely aggravated by the families of repatriated soldiers who are discharged from No. 15,...
Mr. Ward: asked the Secretary of State for War when the Norbury House Hotel, Droitwich, is to be released by his Department.
asked the Secretary of State for War what is the rate of pay for locally recruited British subjects in the Canal Zone, employed as supervising store keepers, grade two, class one.
asked the Secretary of State for War the number of British Army surgeons now serving in Malaya and Singapore; and whether he is satisfied that such number is sufficient.
asked the Secretary of State for War how many soldiers of the Seaforth Regiment have now been awarded medals for bravery in Malaya.
Mr. Leslie Hale: asked the Secretary of State for War whether he is now prepared to reconsider his decision to refuse extension of compassionate leave, or to grant compassionate release to...
asked the Minister of Town and Country Planning the number of officials employed by each of the new town corporations; the salaries paid; and the total figure of administrative cost to date of...
asked the Minister of Town and Country Planning whether, as the amount to be paid to the Government when a change of use for certain land is undertaken is arrived at by no scientific method but...
asked the Minister of Town and Country Planning what forms have to be filled up before permission is granted by the county surveyor to move a gate or change agricultural access to a field; and...
asked the Minister of National Insurance if she is now in a position to make a statement on the rates and conditions of unemployment benefit and old age pensions for seasonal workers.
asked the Minister of National Insurance whether she is aware that it has taken one year to settle a claim, ZE 826538 B, for sick benefit for 5th February to 7th March, 1949; and what steps she...
asked the Minister of National Insurance whether she has considered the case of the late Mrs. Annie Corley, of Coventry, details of which have been sent her; and, in view of the report of the...
asked the Minister of National Insurance what would be the approximate cost if all widows over 50 years of age, whose husbands were insured, received a pension of 26s. per week, instead of only...
asked the Minister of National Insurance how long it is proposed to continue the arrangement by which persons entering the United Kingdom from countries with which no reciprocal arrangements have...
asked the Minister of National Insurance when reciprocal arrangements will be completed with the Dominions, and other parts of the Empire, including the Channel Islands, for the benefits of...
asked the Minister of National Insurance whether the experiment of paying National Insurance contributions without the use of adhesive stamps or impressing machines is proving successful; and if...
asked the Minister of Labour the numbers of unemployed building trade workers registered in Liverpool at the end of December, 1949, and the end of February, 1950, respectively.
asked the Minister of Labour why he has refused to meet a deputation from the National Union of Bank Employees, led by the hon. Member for Accrington, to discuss the refusal of the Banque Belge...
asked the Minister of Labour if he is aware that as a result of a reduction in Government orders placed with the aircraft construction industry, the Langar depot of the firm A. V. Roe Limited...
asked the Minister of Labour what vocational training courses are still available for men recently released from short-term postwar engagements in the Forces.
asked the Minister of Labour whether he has now considered the Report of the National Dock Board on Dock Amenities; and what action he intends to take in regard to the recommendations in the Report.
asked the Minister of Labour how his disablement resettlement officers are trained; and what is the average duration of this training.
asked the Minister of Labour how many Remploy factories are now in production and to what extent they are working to capacity.
Commander Galbraith: asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the number of grants which have been made to persons other than local authorities for the improvement of housing...
Commander Galbraith: asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the number of notifications in respect of persons suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis received in the years 1939, 1945,...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many small tenement flats in Glasgow have been sold each year since July, 1945, to 1st March, 1950, respectively; how many have been requisitioned;...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he is aware of the lack of accommodation in Scotland for the care of mentally defective children; and what steps he is taking to ease the situation.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he is aware of the anomaly caused by the recent Whitley Council award in regard to the salaries of the nursing profession under which sisters may...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) what steps he is taking to compensate Scottish fishermen for the sharp rise in prices of all fishing gear; and (2) what representations have...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many honours graduate teachers left the teaching profession in Scotland in the last five years.
asked the Prime Minister if he is aware that the anti-bandit campaign in Malaya is being hampered by the lack of a clear pledge by His Majesty's Government that the British do not intend to...
asked the Prime Minister whether the Government will be associated in any way with the National Thanksgiving Fund being set up to express Britain's gratitude to the Commonwealth and the United...
asked the Lord President of the Council what new books of a political, biographical and historical character, has the Central Office of Information recommended to the Foreign Office, the...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how far his regulations prescribe that cash awards to lifeboatmen for gallantry and fortitude at sea should be subject to tax; and if he will consider...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether it is the intention of His Majesty's Government to confirm or discard the policy of freezing wages and salaries.
Mr. De la Bère: asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, in cases where Purchase Tax is reduced or remitted on any article and the retailer is compelled to lower the price of the...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer in view of the views expressed in paragraph 30 of Command Paper No. 7572, what new steps he proposes to take to ensure that the difficulties of the present...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he is aware that unless Section 10 of the Finance Act, 1949, is amended, many amateur operatic and dramatic societies will be unable to carry on; and if...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will give figures showing the number of barrels of beer brewed in Great Britain and Northern Ireland in each year from 1920 to 1949; and the amount of...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the amount of revenue derived from Death Duties for each year from 1920 to 1949 giving separately that part of the total receipts derived from agricultural...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer when it is proposed to introduce the necessary legislation to effect increases in the salaries of His Majesty's High Court judges which the former Financial...
With your permission, Mr. Speaker, I should like to inform the House that the Economic Survey for 1950 has just been presented and that copies are now available in the Vote Office. It will be on...
Order for Second Reading read.
3.32 p.m.
11.28 p.m.
Resolved: That the Purchase Tax (No. 5) Order, 1949 (S.I., 1949, No. 2358), dated 16th December, 1949, a copy of which was laid before this House on 20th December, 1949, in the last Parliament,...
1.0 a.m.
Resolved, "That this House do now adjourn."—(Mr. Popplewell.)
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