Wednesday, 29 April 1953
The House met at Half past Two o'Clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Second Reading deferred till Tomorrow.
Miss Barton: asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Defence if he will consider making a flat rate charge for sending parcels by air mail to all Her Majesty's forces stationed...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Defence how many eligible applications have now been received for protection certificates under the terms of the Coronation amnesty for...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will ask the Governor of Kenya to report on the operation of the Emergency Regulation which gives any member of the police force and Her...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how many people in Kenya, up to date, have been arrested in connection with the disturbances there; how many have been screened and tried or...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies on what grounds ex-Chief Koinange has been detained in Kenya.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies the functions and composition of the Wages Advisory Board and the Labour Advisory Board, respectively, in Kenya.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies his reasons for refusing to publish a full report of the trial of Jomo Kenyatta.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what further plans for the constitutional advance of Kenya he is contemplating.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies his latest information as to the numbers of non-European people in each of the territories of Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland who are, respectively,...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he is aware that the execution of the Caura Waterworks scheme for Trinidad has been unsatisfactorily managed; and if he will make a statement.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what plans there are for the redevelopment of the Vieux Fort area of St. Lucia formerly used by the United States of America as an air and army base.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies which Colonies in the West Indies give taxation relief in order to encourage new agricultural and industrial enterprise; and what measure of...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he has yet decided to publish the reports submitted to him by the trade mission and the timber mission both of which recently visited the...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will take steps to encourage the sale of Sea Island cotton produced in the West Indies.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what regulations now exist with regard to the carrying of firearms by Africans in Northern Rhodesia; how many arms licences have been issued to...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies, in view of the colour discrimination operating at the Ndola airport in Northern Rhodesia, if he will make representations to the Northern Rhodesian...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is aware of the decision of the Eastern Region Parliamentary Committee of the party led by Dr. Azikiwe in Nigeria that Ministers belonging...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies on what charges Dr. Nwafur Abyssinia Orizu, Eastern Regional Secretary of the National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons and his brother Joseph...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies in view of the imprisonment of women in Abeokuta and the seizure of their goods because of nonpayment of the water rate, what action has been taken...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies the composition of the Tema Development Corporation; to whom it is responsible; and how it is to be financed.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what steps he is taking to establish wage negotiating machinery for the 40,000 workers in the tin mining industry of Malaya.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies in view of the fact that the postal clerks of Singapore were claiming 44 months' back-pay and the recent award of arbitration proceedings conducted...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what steps have been taken to deal with the increased losses in Gambia caused by pigs, monkeys and baboons: how far the carcasses of pigs slaughtered...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the official pamphlet published by the British Commissioner-General in South-East Asia under the title, "Healing Thoughts," represents the...
asked the First Lord of the Admiralty how many boys from secondary grammar schools, and how many boys from independent and direct-grant schools, passed the recent written examination for the...
asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he will arrange for ships of Her Majesty's Fleet to visit Newport during the Coronation festivities.
asked the First Lord of the Admiralty (1) the number of ships chartered for the accommodation for guests of Her Majesty's Government for the Naval Review on 15th and 16th June; and the cost of...
asked the First Lord of the Admiralty when the "Britannia," recently launched in Clyde-bank, is to be completed; and what would be the estimated cost of making the necessary alterations to make...
asked the Prime Minister whether he will make a further statement on the holding of informal talks at the highest level, in view of the recent official Soviet statement that they are prepared to...
asked the Assistant Postmaster-General if he is aware of the inconvenience to telephone subscribers in London and its vicinity, especially private subscribers, of a telephone directory occupying...
asked the Assistant Postmaster-General if he will take steps to raise the output strength of Wenvoe station before Coronation Day.
asked the Assistant Postmaster-General if he will now give a definite date when the Sports Television Advisory Committee will be reconvened.
asked the Assistant Postmaster-General whether he will suggest to the Universal Postal Union an international arrangement whereby urgent letters for conveyance by air to another country may be...
asked the Undersecretary of State for Air on what grounds 4018853 Leading Aircraftsman Chester was discharged from the Royal Air Force.
asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air what steps he is taking to ensure that grass growing between runways and land that can be cultivated on Royal Air Force aerodromes is put to the fullest...
I will now with permission answer Questions Nos. 32, 33 and 36. First, the plans of the military and police in dealing with Mau Mau, secondly the plans for dealing with the advancement of...
(by Private Notice) asked the Prime Minister whether he is aware that General Hans Speidel, former Chief of Staff to General Rommel and now German representative on the Military Committee of the...
(by Private Notice) asked the Minister of Transport whether he has any statement to make regarding the collapse of a railway tunnel in Swinton, Manchester, and the consequent collapse of three...
The House proceeded to Ballot—
I beg to give notice that on Friday, 15th May, I shall call attention to the urgent need of a policy to bring 2 million acres of rough grazing land into cultivation at the earliest possible...
I beg to give notice that on Friday, 15th May, I shall call attention to the necessity for enlisting the maximum voluntary support for all measures connected with the defence of the home front,...
I beg to give notice that on Friday, 15th May, I shall call attention to the importance of the decimal system in schools and commerce, and move a Resolution.
Ordered, That this day Business other than the Business of Supply may be taken before Ten o'clock.—[Mr. Buchan-Hepburn.]
[12TH ALLOTTED DAY]
Order for Committee read.
4.10 p.m.
Resolution reported, That, for the purposes of any Act of the present Session to make provision for the re-organisation of University education in St. Andrews and Dundee, to amend the...
10.12 p.m.
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. Drewe.]
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