Tuesday, 2 November 1954
The House met at Half past Two o'Clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
I desire to present a Petition to this honourable House on behalf of 563 of my constituents predominantly but not exclusively resident in the Rushall Ward in the Aldridge district of the...
Brigadier Clarke: asked the Minister of Works why an allocation of steel was granted by his Department for the building of the Royal Sailors Home Club in 1950, in view of the fact that no steps...
Miss Ward: asked the Minister of Works the average annual cost of maintaining the Covent Garden Opera House in good condition under his lease; and the period of the lease.
asked the Minister of Works whether the committee appointed in April of this year to advise on trees and on special problems of felling and planting in the Royal Parks has reported to him; and...
asked the Minister of Works how many acres under requisition by his Department in Scotland have been derequisitioned during the last 12 months; and how many acres remain under requisition.
asked the Minister of Works what recent count he has taken of the number of cars parked in the Royal Parks; and whether he has sanctioned such parking.
asked the Minister of Works what estimate he made of the cost of leaving the temple of Mithras on the Bucklersbury site in situ before deciding not to purchase it for the nation; and what...
asked the Minister of Works what funds he has at his disposal for purchasing works of art; and how purchases are selected.
asked the Minister of Works to make a statement on the proposal to exhibit pictures at Lancaster House.
asked the Minister of Works whether he will make a statement about the future of building licensing.
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Works, as representing the Lord President of the Council, what progress has been made in the preparations to take special measurements of air...
asked the Secretary of State for War if he has considered the final report of the Select Committee on the Army Act; and whether he will introduce legislation to implement the Committee's...
asked the Secretary of State for War to make a statement on the nature of Exercise "Winch"; how many men took part in it; the total cost; why it was held in Belgium; and whether similar exercises...
asked the Secretary of State for War what decisions have been reached in discussions with the Secretary of State for Air about helicopters for use by the Army; and what arrangements have been...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that, since 1951, when Egypt repudiated the 1936 Treaty, the customs duty payable thereunder upon wines, spirits, etc., imported by the...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he will direct that Army learner lorry drivers frequent busy thoroughfares to a less extent than they are at present doing.
asked the Secretary of State for War whether, in the case of a retired Army officer who contracted a debt with a textile company, details of which have been sent to him, he will give instructions...
asked the Secretary of State for War how frequently, on the average, the Imperial War Graves Commission replaces tombstones in British churchyards; and the average costs, separately, of an...
asked the Secretary of State for War what steps he is taking to prevent infiltration of the British Army by Communists.
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he is now in a position to say when the port of Sunderland will again be used for the export of stores to British Forces stationed on the Continent of...
asked the Secretary of State for War to what extent the withdrawal of troops from Trieste and Egypt has so eased our commitments as to enable consideration to be given to the reduction of...
asked the Secretary of State for War what applications were received, other than from the hon. Member for Northfield, for the repatriation of 22971062 D. Hughes, on the grounds of his mother's...
asked the Secretary of State for War on what grounds compassionate postings are now arranged; and whether he will review present policy on this matter.
asked the Secretary of State for War to make a statement regarding those officers and men still recorded as missing as a result of the operations in Korea.
asked the Secretary of State for War if he is aware that two Grenadier Guardsmen have been under open arrest for some weeks at the Hook of Holland as the result of a motor smash following the...
Mr. H. Wilson: asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will give an estimate of the total national expenditure on advertising for 1948 or 1949 and for the latest date.
Mr. H. Wilson: asked the President of the Board of Trade if he is aware of the shortage and high price of mercury for industrial purposes; and if he will make representations to the United...
Mr. H. Wilson: asked the President of the Board of Trade what representations he has received from employers and trade union representatives, respectively, about the future of the Clothing...
asked the President of the Board of Trade what action he has taken, following the report of the Independent Committee of Inquiry into the overseas information services, to set up an advisory...
asked the President of the Board of Trade how many applications for licences to export machine tools to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics are at present under consideration by his...
asked the President of the Board of Trade the estimated dollar expenditure on comic papers intended for children from the United States of America; and if he will take action to restrict the...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he has considered the evidence which he has received from members of the Scientific Instrument Manufacturers Association to the effect that the...
asked the President of the Board of Trade which members of the Films Council are associated with cinemas which have not fulfilled their quota requirements for the three years ended 30th...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether the salvage of waste paper now serves any useful purpose; and whether he will make a statement.
asked the President of the Board of Trade who are the present members of the Monopolies Commission; and what experience each of them has had in the management of productive industry.
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will make a statement on the occupation of unused factories on the Pallion Trading Estate, Sunderland.
asked the Prime Minister what steps he has taken since last June to bring about a meeting between himself and Mr. Chou En-lai, of China; and with what result.
asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of the further nuclear explosions in Russian territory, he will propose to President Eisenhower and Mr. Malenkov that all nuclear and atomic explosions...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he is aware that the salaries paid to university teachers compare unfavourably with those paid in industry and in comparable professions, including the...
The following Question stood upon the Order Paper:
With the permission of the House, I should like to make a statement. Hon. Members will be aware of the loss of life and devastation in the Province of Ontario caused by the recent hurricane. As a...
Sir Eric Errington, for Aldershot.
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. Buchan-Hepburn.]
9.59 p.m.
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. Studholme.]
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