Thursday, 27 April 1950
The House met at Half past Two o'Clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Read the Third time, and passed.
Second Reading deferred till Thursday, 11th May.
Mr. Leslie Hale: asked the President of the Board of Trade what is the value of orders placed for the installation of textile machinery qualifying for subsidy up to the most recent available date.
Mr. Leslie Hale: asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is now in a position to give details of the additional industries in respect of which it is proposed to appoint a...
asked the President of the Board of Trade if, in view of the high price now charged by British nylon spinners, he will fix maximum prices for nylon yarn.
Mr. Charles Orr-Ewing: asked the President of the Board of Trade whether, in view of the present low stocks of newsprint, he is satisfied that supplies will be maintained; and if he will make a...
asked the President of the Board of Trade what is his reason for refusing to grant import licences to American nationals who wish to buy American cars in America and bring them, or have them...
Colonel Clarke: asked the President of the Board of Trade what progress has been made in the last year towards the winning of potash by mining or brine-pumping from strata near Whitby.
asked the President of the Board of Trade what is the area of land now being used in development areas and other parts of Great Britain for factory estates which have been developed during the...
asked the President of the Board of Trade what plans he now has for the future development of the industrial estate at Kilwinning.
asked the President of the Board of Trade what are the plans of the Government to take up the unemployment lag in Scotland caused by the falling-off in orders for shipbuilding.
asked the President of the Board of Trade (1) how much hand-made pottery, and its value in dollars, has been exported to the United States of America since the New York office of British Export...
asked the President of the Board of Trade (1) what percentage of United Kingdom Class II imports, namely, raw materials and articles mainly unmanufactured, came from Empire countries in 1931,...
asked the President of the Board of Trade what official representations have been made to the Argentine Government about its discriminating against this country in granting exchange for imports...
asked the President of the Board of Trade what special efforts are being made to get all the softwood essential to prevent any hold-up to this year's housing programme.
asked the President of the Board of Trade what will be the effect on hosiery utility prices of the increase of nearly 50 per cent. in the price of wool since devaluation.
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will give an assurance that we have now stopped all exports of steel, tinplate and engineering equipment to the Soviet Union and her satellites.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department the gross cost of fire services to local authorities and His Majesty's Government together, in 1938-39 and 1948-49, respectively.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department the number of fires in England during the last 12 months; the number which resulted in fatal casualties; and the chief causes of such fires.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he is aware of the grievance felt by men who joined the Metropolitan Police between 1919 and 1921 under a contract entitling them to...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will consider recruiting ex-policemen who have retired on account of age or on account of disabilities which do not preclude them from...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how far he attributes the figures of juvenile convictions in each of the years 1945 to 1950 to overcrowded homes.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he is aware of the urgent need to introduce legislation to amend the law relating to coroners' courts; what steps he has taken...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many stowaways are known to have landed in Britain since the end of the war; and from what countries they have come.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he expects to receive the report of the Working Party on Hackney Carriage Law.
asked the Minister of Health whether he will now grant local authorities the right to issue additional building licences where they are satisfied that the licence is for an owner-occupier and...
asked the Minister of Health whether his Department has completed the sorting of live applications for houses as the result of the information he received, following his Department's Circular No....
asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that although the Housing Manual, 1949, provides for a carriageway 13 feet in width in a cul-de-sac not more than 600 feet in length, county...
asked the Minister of Health whether he will introduce legislation to give a right of appeal from the decisions of local rent tribunals to a Central Appellate Tribunal.
asked the Minister of Health what is the present scale of salaries applicable to chartered physiotherapists within the National Health Service.
asked the Minister of Health whether he has considered a request from the Salford Health Executive Council for permission to establish an all-night chemist service for patients who are attended...
asked the Prime Minister, in view of the need to effect savings in national expenditure, what consideration he has given to the possibility of reducing the number of Ministries, especially...
The following Question stood upon the Order Paper in the name of Mr. MARPLES.
asked the Lord President of the Council what are the figures for the carbon content of the atmosphere in Stoke-on-Trent as compared with Nottingham; and what are the figures for skyshine in the...
asked the Minister of Agriculture what steps the Forestry Commission are taking to encourage timber merchants to do the felling, extraction and conversion of standing timber.
asked the Minister of Agriculture when an experienced timber merchant will be appointed to the Forestry Commission.
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether, in order to encourage the dedication of private woodlands, he will consider allowing maintenance and planting grants to be made as from the date on...
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he will take steps to test the claims made by leading industrial chemists that a small quantity of the new drug aureomycin, when mixed with a ton of...
asked the Minister of Agriculture how the profitability of the agricultural industry is arrived at; what differences there are between the figures for separate counties or groups of counties...
Mr. Vane: asked the Minister of Agriculture what changes are now contemplated in the responsibility of the Agricultural Land Service for drainage and water supplies.
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether, in considering the question of the removal of Defence Regulation 62B, he will have regard to the interests of the domestic rabbit-keepers who, through...
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is aware of the hardship which the rise in the cost of oil will cause farmers using oil-fired grass driers and what steps he proposes tc mitigate the...
asked the Minister of Agriculture if he is aware of the damage being done to sheep in North Lincolnshire by stray dogs; and what steps he is taking to help farmers in this matter.
Surgeon Lieut.-Commander Bennett: asked the Minister of Agriculture what arrangements have been made for the importation of strawberries this coming summer; and how far these arrangements have...
asked the Minister of Agriculture how much of the £36,000,000 cut in feedingstuffs subsidy is being paid by the consumer in higher prices; and how much must come from farming profits.
asked the Minister of Agriculture if, in order to remove misconceptions recently aroused in the public mind, he will issue a White Paper setting out the factors that determine the prices...
asked the Minister of Agriculture what is the estimated average annual acreage lost by coast erosion throughout Great Britain; what is the total area of land at the present moment under...
asked the Minister of Agriculture from what section of the Hill Farming Act he derives his powers to pay the guarantee when electricity is installed into certain farms; and how it is decided...
asked the Minister of Agriculture if he is yet in a position to indicate the result of his consultations with the British Transport Commission and the Road Haulage Association on the measures to...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how awards for gallantry to volunteer and paid mine rescue squads, respectively, are treated for Income Tax purposes under his regulations.
(by Private Notice) asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, in view of our military commitments to defend the frontiers of the Kingdom of Jordan, whether His Majesty's Government were...
(by Private Notice) asked the Minister of Labour whether he has any further statement to make on the strike position in the London Docks.
Can the Leader of the House tell us the Business for next week?
I am now able to announce the decision on the British Transport Commission's application for authority to make certain increases in charges. I referred the matter for advice to the Permanent...
[TENTH ALLOTTED DAY]
Motion made, and Question proposed,
4.21 p.m.
5.0 p.m.
Again considered in Committee.
5.10 p.m.
Motion made, and Question proposed, " That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. Sparks.]
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