Wednesday, 29 October 1952
The House met at Half past Two o'Clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Standing Orders 88 (Copy of Lords Amendments, &c., to be laid before Chairman of Ways and Means, &c.) and 208 (Notices of Consideration of Lords Amendments), relating to Private Business...
Air Commodore Harvey: asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air why the accident rate per flying hour in the Royal Air Force compares unfavourably with that of the United States Air Force.
asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air whether he is aware that certain agents are approaching householders after their property has been damaged by aircraft, offering to negotiate...
Mrs. White: asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air why certain married quarters at Sealand, from which former occupants have been evicted, have remained empty for up to 18 months instead of...
asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air if he will introduce legislation which will enable him to compensate owners of property situated near aerodromes who, through no fault of their own,...
Air Commodore Harvey: asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air how much is expended on films made for the Royal Air Force per year; and what attempts have been made to bring about savings.
asked the Minister of Civil Aviation what progress has been made in respect to the South Bank site as a helidrome in connection with the proposal to establish a network of helicopter passenger...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will make a statement about the progress of the armistice negotiations in Korea.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will enter into consultations with the United States Government and other Governments of the United Nations in order to agree the peace...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether his attention has been drawn to the statement of General Chiang Kai-shek that the Chinese Nationalist authorities are to seek release...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will make a statement on his recent visit to Yugoslavia and his conversations with Marshal Tito.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will make a further statement in regard to the activities of an organisation known as E.P.I.M. in respect of the purchase of...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will make a statement as to the present state of our political and economic relations with Persia.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs the number of British subjects who have intimated their intention to remain in Persia after the withdrawal of the diplomatic mission.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what instructions have been given to the British High Commissioner in Germany concerning the review of sentences passed on war criminals in the...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs for what reason there are four times as many people employed in the British Embassy in Egypt as there were in 1938.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will give an assurance that, before the appointment of Mr. Burgess and Mr. Maclean to their most recent posts in the Foreign Office, their...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whom he consults in regard to the selection of speakers sent to the United States of America under the sponsorship of the Foreign Office.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what progress has been made towards concluding visa abolition agreements between Her Majesty's Government and those European countries which still...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, in order to stimulate public interest in the Atlantic Community, he will consult our allies in the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation,...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will lay as a White Paper the Second Report of the United Nations Disarmament Commission, which is to be considered by the General...
asked the Minister of Food if he is aware that shopkeepers retain ration coupons, value 16 oz., for eight chocolate bars which weigh 13 oz.; and if he will take steps to remedy this.
asked the Minister of Food what steps he has taken to ascertain the changes in prices of food and confectionery occurring since certain items have been de-controlled.
asked the Minister of Food what increase has been authorised in the price of bacon which was sold at 4s. 2d. per lb. before 5th October.
asked the Minister of Food if he will now take steps to insist on retail butchers displaying on each piece of meat for sale the price per lb., so that purchasers in the shop may know the weight...
asked the Minister of Food whether he is satisfied that the use of polyoxyethylene compounds as anti-staling agents is not a possible source of ill-health: and what action he is taking in this matter.
asked the Minister of Food why manufacturers of biscuits are still permitted to sell their products only in restricted zones.
asked the Minister of Food what increase in sugar deliveries are expected from the Commonwealth and Colonies during the next three years.
asked the Minister of Food what increase in the sale of tea to the public has taken place since the removal of rationing.
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Defence whether he will amend the existing procedure relating to National Service men who, after completing their full-time service, develop...
Brigadier Clarke: asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Defence if he will consider instituting a voluntary contributory pension scheme in all three Services in order to augment...
asked the Parliamentary to the Ministry of Defence whether, in view of the numbers who have completed National Service training since the Z Reserve training scheme was started, and in view of the...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Defence what percentage of the total acreage of land in England, Scotland and Wales, respectively, is taken over for military purposes.
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Defence what steps have now been taken to assist Service men overseas with the education of their children.
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Defence what immediate, and what long-term, plans he has for meeting the needs of the Armed Forces for science graduates.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies the number of African representatives on the Uganda Coffee Industry Board, consisting of 13 members.
Arthur Montague Frank Palmer, esquire, for Cleveland.
With your permission, Mr. Speaker, and with that of the House, I should like to make a statement about certain action which I propose should be taken affecting the distribution of industry. The...
With your permission, Mr. Speaker, and that of the House, I should like to correct an error in the replies I gave to supplementary questions on 22nd October about the export of arms to Spain. I...
House to meet Tomorrow at Eleven o'clock and no Questions to be taken after Twelve o'clock.—[The Prime Minister.]
3.52 p.m.
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. Kaberry.]
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