Wednesday, 3 December 1952
The House met at Half past Two o'Clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Considered; to be read the Third time Tomorrow.
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Defence if he is now in a position to say whether the Z Reserve training scheme is to be continued in 1953.
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Defence what is the pension, today, of the widow, without private income, of an Army captain or Royal Naval or Royal Air Force lieutenant...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Defence how far his Department is responsible for answering Questions relating to the Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes.
Dr. Bennett: asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Defence what will be the regulations for the wearing of uniform by officers and men of Her Majesty's Armed Forces, both active...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Defence to what extent the gradual decline in the number of long-service Regulars of the Army and the Royal Air Force has been arrested since...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Defence to what extent our fighting formations have been increased since October, 1951; how far these increases are due to the pruning of...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Defence what marked deficiency there was in the numbers of young Regular officers, senior non-commissioned officers and technicians in...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will consult with representatives of the International Bank for Development and Reconstruction and of the Government of Jamaica so as to...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is aware of the serious increase in the number of unemployed persons in British Guiana, by comparison with a year ago; of the concern of...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will publish the figures showing the incidence of tuberculosis on the Island of St. Lucia; whether he will give the figures for a...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will now make a statement on the Volta River Scheme.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies to state the nature of disturbance or difficulties in respect of the Baoma chiefdom in Sierra Leone; how many have been arrested in connection with...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what steps he is taking to increase cement production in the Colonial Territories of West Africa.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies at how many points British colonial territory is occupied by unauthorised parties of foreigners.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how many witch doctors are employed by his Department; and what fees are paid to them for their services.
Mrs. White: asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will consider instituting some method by which persons deported from a Colonial Territory without any hearing of their case...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how long it will take the population of Kenya to double itself, basing the estimate on existing vital statistics and trends.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how much of the cost of Kenya's post-war 10-year £41 million development plans has been expended up to date.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what facilities are now being afforded to African members of the Kenya Legislative Council to make contact with their people, through meetings and...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies, of those persons in Kenya who have been arrested, screened and not released to date, how many are being, and will be, charged with and tried for...
Mrs. White: asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies for what period the Kenya Penal Code (Amendment) Ordinance, 1952, is in force, which enables a court to prohibit a person convicted of...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies in how many cases, and at what places, have rifles been used by Mau Mau.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what provision is made for the proper care and feeding of livestock confiscated in Kenya.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies to recommend that the proposed Royal Commission to inquire into grievances in Kenya should issue an interim report within six months.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies to make a statement on the conditions in which suspects including women and children, are being detained in concentration camps in Kenya; and for...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he is in a position to estimate the numbers and percentages of the population who are supporting the present campaign of violence in Kenya.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how far his policy of collective punishment in Kenya has extended up to the present; what towns, villages and areas have suffered from it; how many...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies why there was a three months delay in appointing the new Governor of Kenya.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies when compulsory education between the ages of 12 and 16 in the Northern Rhodesia Copper Belt was abolished; and how many children are now without...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies to give an estimate of the extent to which the proposed Central African federation would involve increased financial burdens and increased taxation...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what instructions he has given to the High Commissioner of Malaya regarding collective reprisals against Malay villages suspected of harbouring bandits.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies the number of British subjects killed and wounded by bandits in Malaya for the last three months for which figures are available and for the...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies why the Commissioner at Nicosia banned a bus excursion to Nicosia arranged for 26th October by the National Liberation Coalition, despite assurances...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies (1) whether he will now take steps to ensure that licences are not issued to sealers in South Georgia unless an undertaking is given that humane...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how many cotton ginneries in Uganda are now owned by the African Co-operative Union; and to what extent these ginneries are obliged to buy cotton...
asked the Prime Minister to state the present duties of the Ministry of Materials; and if he will consider transferring these duties to other Ministries.
asked the Prime Minister whether he can now make a statement as to the appointment of a supreme commander in the Mediterranean.
Considered in Committee. [1st Allotted Day.]
3.38 p.m.
The Deputy-Chairman: I propose to call the Amendment in the name of the right hon. Gentleman the Member for Lewisham, South (Mr. H. Morrison) in page 3, line 10, to leave out "six," and to...
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. Kaberry.]
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