Wednesday, 26 April 1950
The House met at Half past
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
The VICE-CHAMBERLAIN OF THE HOUSEHOLD (Mr. POPPLEWELL) reported His Majesty's Answer to the Addresses, as follows:
Read a Second time, and committed.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs how many members of the crews of the two merchant ships which were seized by the Chinese Nationalists while running the blockade were...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs the scope and purpose of the procedural and preliminary discussions now in progress between His Majesty's Charge d'Affaires in Peking and the...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether his attention has been called to the case of Miss Winifred Boulter who was banned from spending Easter in Paris because his Department...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs under what circumstances His Majesty's representative in Tokyo is allowed to meet the Japanese Prime Minister, and when matters arise with the...
Mr. Garner-Evans: asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what steps he proposes to take to replace those employees of the British Information Service in Prague who have recently...
Mr. Leslie Hale: asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what are the powers of censorship on books, manuscripts and documents imported into Kenya possessed by the Governor of Kenya; and...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how many Italian citizens have been imported into Kenya for road building and for work on the military base at Mackinnon Road.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will make a statement on the dissatisfaction which has arisen in Gibraltar regarding the imposition of new taxation.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will make a statement on the implementation of the new Constitution in Gibraltar.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will give details of the murder by Malayan terrorists of Colonel A. H. Girdler, an administrative officer, of Leeds.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies when a request was received from the police and security forces in Malaya for armoured jeeps for themselves or for estate managers; and if any jeeps...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what plans there are for the continuation and expansion of the voluntary effort shown in the anti-bandit month in Malaya.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies for what offence two police are serving sentences of imprisonment in Malaya; what were the sentences; and, in view of the strictures passed by the...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what were the costs of police operations in Malaya during 1948 and 1949; and what was the expenditure in these years on the Malayan C.I.D.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will take steps to increase the number of elected representatives on the Federal Legislative Council of Malaya.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how many persons are held in detention for activities in connection with hostility and lawlessness in both the Malayan Federation and in Singapore on...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how many members of the police force in the Federation of Malaya and in Singapore are qualified Chinese speakers; and how this figure compares with...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what measures he is taking to promote the social and economic welfare of the Maya inhabitants of British Honduras.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the memorandum circulated by the Tanganyika Government to the unofficial members of the Tanganyika Legislative Council with regard to certain...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what arrangements have been made for the exchange of scientific data between the Government of British Guiana on the one hand, and the neighbouring...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what payments have been made by His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom, and by other Governments to the Caribbean Commission and to the...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is aware of the dissatisfaction in the Gold Coast territories regarding the risks of inflation arising from the increase in Government...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is aware that in the recent municipal elections in Accra candidate observers were allowed inside the polling booths and voters were asked...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how many lunatics were committed to prison last year in the Gold Coast; and what accommodation in mental hospitals was available for them.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies, in view of the wide disparity in the circumstances in which corporal punishment can or cannot be inflicted in various British colonies, if he will...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will arrange for a periodical economic and financial survey of the West African, the Caribbean and other colonial areas; and also the official...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how many persons there were awaiting extradition from the Colonies on 1st January, 1949, 1st January, 1950, and 1st April, 1950.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will make a statement upon the progress of research into the control of swollen shoot virus of cocoa.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether Hindu and Islamic religious customs are recognised by the Government of Jamaica; and what facilities exist to enable the cremation of the...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what steps are being taken to provide alternative employment for the workers rendered redundant in the tobacco industry of Jamaica owing to the...
asked Vile Secretary of State for the Colonies what plans the Government has for the employment of labour in Bermuda now that the dockyard is closing down.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the Governor of Sierra Leone has yet set up a committee to consider his predecessor's proposals for revising the Constitution; and whether a...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies when the Report of the Nigerian Livestock Commission will be published.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he has now received the Report of the Governor of Nigeria on the future of the Cameroons and the findings of the Trusteeship Council.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will make a statement on recent events in Nigeria which led to the suppression of the Zikist Movement.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he has any further information as to when eggs may first reach this country from the Gambia Poultry Project; and what his estimate is of the...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is in agreement with the findings of the Commission appointed to report on the riots which took place in Uganda in 1949; and whether it is...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty when he will give a decision as to the extent of land required for docks and extensions at Portsmouth, since city rebuilding operations in...
asked the Prime Minister whether his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Herbert Committee Report on the work of intermediaries reveals that some 19,370,000 applications for licences...
asked the Minister of Defence what arrangements he is making with British Railways for members of the Sea Cadets, the Army Cadet Corps, and the Air Training Corps to be released to attend their...
Brigadier Clarke: asked the Minister of Defence if, in view of the increased cost of petrol, if he will now raise the mileage allowance of Service personnel using private cars on duty.
Brigadier Clarke: asked the Minister of Defence if he will inform Service personnel what pension they have earned immediately prior to retirement and see that their pension or a portion of it is...
Mr. Garner-Evans: asked the Minister of Defence whether, at a forthcoming meeting of the North Atlantic Defence Committee, he will initiate an investigation into the possibilities of...
asked the Minister of Food what were the details of the offer recently made by the Eireann Government to supply cream to this country; why he refused it; and if he will permit private individuals...
asked the Minister of Food for what estimated quantities of perishable goods, including meat, his Department possesses deep-freeze facilities.
asked the Minister of Food if he has considered the particulars given by the President of the National Federation of Meat Traders Association on 17th April, 1950, of which details have been sent...
Mr. De la Bère: asked the Minister of Food whether more ingredients for the manufacture of sweets for the home market can be given to the British sweet manufacturers so as to make more...
asked the Minister of Food what success he has had in his negotiations with the Irish Minister of Agriculture with the object of improving the national food supply.
asked the Minister of Food if he will remove the regulation limiting the purchase of flour to a quantity not exceeding 28 lb. at any one time.
asked the Minister of Food if he will allow the import and re-export of beef casings from South America in order that this valuable entrepôt trade be retained in this country.
asked the Minister of Food how much strawberry pulp will be imported from Holland during 1950; and how much of that total quantity was bought from Holland for the 1949 season, but delivery...
asked the Minister of Food what reply he has given to the offer made by telegram on 30th March, 1950, to purchase his accumulated stocks of Australian and New Zealand rabbits.
asked the Minister of Food how many tons of barley were imported from the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics during the 12 months ending 31st March, 1950; and in what manner has it been or...
asked the Minister of Food why bacon pigs sent to the Knaresborough collecting centre during the week ended 22nd April have been allocated to a slaughterhouse instead of to a bacon factory.
asked the Minister of Food if he will inform the House of the reports which he has received from the Overseas Food Corporation on the harvest prospects for the sunflower and groundnut crops grown...
asked the Minister of Food if he will now make a statement as to whether fish may now he served as an additional course in hotels. restaurants, canteens and other catering establishments.
asked the Minister of Food whether the iodisation of salt will have any appreciable effect upon its taste; and what effect such treatment have on the price of pre-packed free-running salt so iodised.
asked the Minister of Food what is the price at which he purchases dried eggs per pound from the United States of America; at what price his Department wholesales these dried eggs to the public;...
asked she Minister of Food if he is satisfied that the prospects of the supply of spring vegetables are such that a reduction in the present high prices may be expected shortly.
asked the Minister of Food whether in view of the rise in the producers' price, he proposes to make any change in the retail price of Indian tea.
asked the Minister of Food whether he has now given consideration to recommendations (f) to (n), and (r)of the Departmental Committee on the Export and Slaughter of Horses; and what action it is...
asked the Minister of Food what action he intends to take with regard to the issue of a limited number of licences for the export of horse-flesh in order to keep the market open; how many...
The following Question stood upon the Order Paper in the name of Mr.DONNELLY:
I beg to give notice that on Friday, 12th May, I shall call attention to the need for a quicker return to private enterprise in the procurement of food, and move a resolution.
I beg to give notice that on Friday, 12th May, I shall call attention to the plight of private road hauliers resulting from the nationalisation of long-distance road transport, and move a resolution.
I beg to give notice that on Friday, 12th May, I shall call attention to the growing seriousness of ex-enemy competition in export markets, and move a resolution.
Ordered: That, notwithstanding anything in Standing Order No. 7 (Time for taking Private Business), any Private Business set down for consideration at Seven o'clock this evening, by direction of...
Resolutions reported.
Resolution reported: That it is expedient to authorise the issue out of the Consolidated Fund of the sum of four hundred and ninety million pounds for the permanent annual charge for the...
[24th April]
" to grant certain duties and alter other duties, to make certain amendments of the law relating to purchase tax, to amend the law relating to other branches of the public revenue or to the...
Resolution reported: That, for the purposes of any Act of the present Session (hereinafter referred to as 'the new Act') to make further provision for the acquisition of land, creation of...
Considered in Committee. [Major MILNER in the Chair]
(By Order)
BILL (By Order)
Again considered in Committee. [Major MILNER in the Chair]
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. Sparks.]
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