Wednesday, 21 May 1952
The House met at Half past Two o'Clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Defence if instructions have now been issued in all the Services indicating the procedure under which ex-miners who were serving in the Far...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Defence what conversations have taken place about the possibilities of training German and other foreign troops in Britain.
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Defence whether he will hold consultations with the Service Departments, with a view to adjusting the present mileage allowances paid to...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Defence what further information he has received from the United Nations about the air raid by United Nations aeroplanes on two square miles...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Defence what representations have been made to other Commonwealth and North Atlantic Treaty Governments during the past six months about a...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Defence what progress has now been made in the co-ordination of welfare and recreation for American Service men serving in the United Kingdom.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how often, since the Education Ordinance was passed in 1948, has permission been refused for the erection of a school in Northern Nigeria; and on...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how many Europeans have been sent out to trade centres in Nigeria since their formation; and how many of them have resigned or not renewed their...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies the production of groundnuts in Nigeria during the past two years; how much of this has been stored because of transport difficulties; and the...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies (1) what steps he is taking to facilitate imports of Lancashire textile goods into the Colonies; (2) to what extent fresh licences are being granted...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies when he expects to receive a report of the inquiry into the powers of colonial governors to order deportations; and whether he will consider the...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what progress has been made in the compilation of aerial photographic surveys of British Guiana.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what progress has been made in preparing the new Colony map of British Guiana.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will make a statement as to the progress made up to date in the reform of the currency in the British Caribbean Colonies; and what action...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is aware that the yield of tropical fruits and vegetables in the Cayman Islands is considerably below what it might be; and whether he...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is aware that the Colonial Development Corporation is seeking to put its citrus packing station in Dominica to other uses, in view of the...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is aware that there is considerable immigration of Kikuyu into the Ngong district of the Masai Reserve in Kenya and what steps he is...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether any persons in Malaya, who have practised or encouraged the decapitation of dead bodies, have been identified: and what action will be taken.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what progress is being made in respect of medical and hospital services in Borneo; and how many have been accepted as suitable for medical and...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies the present number of juvenile delinquents now detained in West African and East African Colonies, respectively; how many are prosecuted in the...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he is in a position to make a statement regarding the intended re-formation of the West India Regiment
Mrs. White: asked the First Lord of the Admiralty if he is aware that there is severe unemployment in the rayon industry; that for some articles it is possible to substitute rayon or rayon...
asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he is aware that there exists at Rye facilities in labour, equipment, yards and experience for the building of boats; and whether he will take the...
asked the Assistant Postmaster-General whether he is now able to announce a decision on the Terrington Report and on the claim of the Engineering Officers (Telecommunications) Association for...
asked the Assistant Postmaster-General what has been the result of adopting the new system of collecting from the senders postage underpaid on letters sent abroad.
asked the Assistant Postmaster-General if he is aware of the waste of time caused to postmen and to members of the public generally by the large number of houses, offices and other buildings...
asked the Assistant Postmaster-General what happens to telegrams which are received after the hour for general telegraphic delivery; and whether he is satisfied that adequate steps are taken to...
asked the Assistant Postmaster-General on what dates and where the telephone kiosks are to be installed on the Stocking Farm Estate, Leicester.
asked the Assistant Postmaster-General how many applications for telephones are pending in East Lothian; and how long it will take before these telephones are provided.
asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air if all the claims for compensation arising from the acquisition of properties adjoining Greenham Common airfield have now been settled.
asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air when the working party set up last year by agreement between his Department and the Amalgamated Engineering Union to consider difficulties arising under...
asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air whether his attention has been called to the case of a corporal who was recently dismissed from the service for charges of indecency and ill-treatment...
asked the Prime Minister whether he will depute the Paymaster-General to observe the forthcoming atomic test in Australia.
asked the Prime Minister whether he will make a statement on the letter he recently sent to the President of Israel informing him that Her Majesty's Government were not prepared to make a loan...
Mr. Dugdale: (by Private Notice) asked the Secretary of State for War whether he will make a statement on the disturbance which occurred on Monday at Yuba Barracks in Nigeria.
Proceedings on Motion relating to Transport exempted, at this day's Sitting, from the provisions of Standing Order No. 1 (Sittings of the House) for One hour after Ten o'clock. —[Mr. Crookshank]
3.36 p.m.
Miss Burton discharged from the Select Committee on the Civil List and Mrs. Cullen added.—[Mr. Redmayne.]
Read a Second time.
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. Redmayne.]
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