Monday, 1 February 1954
The House met at Half past Two o'Clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
asked the Minister of Food, as tinned salmon has been scarce for a considerable period, when the next distribution is likely to take place.
asked the Minister of Food if a suitable substitute has yet been found for agene in flour for human or animal consumption.
asked the Minister of Food the value of the present meat ration in terms of 1948 prices.
asked the Minister of Food if he is now able to give an estimate of the amount by which the price of rationed foods will rise when these are derationed and decontrolled later in the year.
asked the Minister of Food how much vitamin C is present in fresh strawberries; and how muchis left in strawberry jam of the full fruit standard after the pulp has been impregnated with sulphur...
asked the Minister of Food if he will give an estimate of the saving of natural fat which is no longer used in bread making as a result of the modern use of chemical fat savers; and which are the...
asked the Minister of Food whether he will institute an inquiry into the operation of the system of the payment of cash allowances to egg packing stations.
asked the Minister of Food the trading deficit to the latest available date on the sale of grain by his Department during the financial year 1953–54.
asked the Minister of Food if he will publish the Interim. Report of the Inter-Departmental Committee on Slaughtering.
asked the Minister of Food what action he proposes to take, following the findings of the recent national food survey that the diet of families where there are four or more children has fallen...
asked the Minister of Food whether he will reimpose controls on the retail price of coffee.
asked the Minister of Food the minimum and maximum prices of margarine when this is taken off the ration book.
asked the Minister of Food if he will give an assurance that the supplies of butter will be adequate to meet the demand when derationed; and if he can state the price.
asked the Minister of Food the number of personnel under his jurisdiction on 31st December, 1951, and 1952, and at the latest available date, respectively.
asked the Minister of Food, in view of the high price of fish now prevailing, what action he proposes to take to prevent the incidence of scarcity through bad fishing conditions being aggravated...
asked the Minister of Supply whether he has yet received the report of the committee appointed by himself and the First Lord of the Admiralty to inquire into the duplication of inspection in...
asked the Minister of Supply what steps he is taking to ensure the provision of large forging presses and the development of suitable machine tools for the aircraft industry.
asked the Minister of Supply whether he is satisfied that existing capacity for the production of steel plate is adequate for the country's needs.
asked the Minister of Supply what expenditure has been incurred in the production and testing of the ·280 rifle.
asked the Minister of Supply when it is proposed to produce the Belgian F.N. rifle in this country; and what orders have been placed for its purchase from Belgian sources.
asked the Minister of Supply which types of British aeroplane engines are now being manufactured, under licence, in the United States of America; when the respective agreements were signed; and...
asked the Minister of Supply the total amount of money spent by his Department, since the war to the last convenient date, on research and development of aero-engines; and to what extent this...
asked the Minister of Supply what research is now being carried out, or is contemplated, in piloted super sonic flight.
asked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance the total number of persons receiving payments from the National Assistance Board on 31st December, 1953; and the number of old age...
asked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance what progress is being made by the investigations into the problem of increasing disablement suffered by limbless ex-Service men as they get...
asked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance why, in view of the independent and responsible medical opinion submitted to him in support of the application by Mr. Aaron Barnes, of...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power how many of his Department's local offices in Fife he proposes to close; the estimated annual saving expected from such closures; what protests he has...
Mr. Slater: asked the Minister of Fuel and Power the number of registrations for domestic coal with the National Coal Board and private factors, respectively, for the County of Durham.
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power to state, for each National Coal Board division and for Great Britain as a whole the extent to which the board is the distributing agency for retail of...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power what amount of the £203,773,258 compensation paid since 1947 to the previous owners of the coalmining industry represents interest payment.
asked the hon. Member for Woolwich, West, as Chairman of the Kitchen Committee, if he is aware that the index number of food has shown a decline for the past few months; and what foods, other...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what steps he has taken to satisfy himself that the Egyptian Government are taking all possible steps to prevent attacks on British nationals in...
Mr. H. Wilson (by Private Notice): asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will make a statement on the trade agreement signed with the Japanese Government on Friday, 29th January, 1954.
The following Question stood upon the Order Paper:
3.47 p.m.
Order for Second Reading read.
Considered in Committee.
10.9 p.m.
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. Studholme.]
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