Mr Alfred Broughton: asked the Minister of Labour if he will give the figures of persons unemployed in the towns of Batley and Morley for the months of January in each of the following years, 1949, 1944, 1939, 1934.
Mr Alfred Broughton: asked the Minister of Labour how many of the persons signing the unemployment register in Batley and Morley in January, 1949, were classified as disabled persons.
Mr Alfred Broughton: asked the Minister of Health how many domiciliary midwives are employed by the West Riding County Council; and how many of them have now been trained to administer analgesia in childbirth.
Mr Alfred Broughton: Could my right hon. Friend venture an opinion as to when all the domiciliary midwives serving in the West Riding will have completed their training in this important relief of suffering?
Mr Alfred Broughton: asked the Minister of Health what increase there has been in the number of staffed beds for the acute sick in general hospitals in England and Wales since the date of the coming into operation of the National Health Service Act.
Mr Alfred Broughton: I should like to try to make a small contribution to this Debate on the proposals of my right hon. and learned Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer. In the first place, I wish to express my admiration of the masterly talent shown by the Chancellor when he unfolded to us the economic and financial position of our country. I found his speech one of absorbing interest; he held my attention...
Mr Alfred Broughton: This Bill is introduced for the purpose of launching an attack against dangerous organisms of disease. We have heard that 30 per cent. of the milk in this country is unsafe, and we know that milk can convey undulant fever, diphtheria, scarlet fever, typhoid fever and other diseases, including tuberculosis. We have heard that the deaths due to bovine tuberculosis are estimated at 1,500...
Mr Alfred Broughton: asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury the total number of convictions in England and Wales in January, February, March and April, 1949, for keeping a dog without licence; if he will give an estimate of the number of cases in which this was the result of dog owners not realising that a licence taken out in any month becomes due for renewal on 1st January; and if he will consider...
Mr Alfred Broughton: While thanking my right hon. Friend for the information he has given, might I ask whether he will be prepared to reconsider his decision if I send him particulars of recent cases in Batley which suggest confusion in the minds of some dog owners, expense and embarrassment for some of them, and unnecessary waste of time of the police?
Mr Alfred Broughton: I welcome this Bill designed to weave loose threads into the fabric of the National Health Service Act. Some opponents of the Government claim that these amendments should have been included in the 1946 Act, and declare them to be omissions of hurried legislation. I cannot share that view. For years the country was in need of a comprehensive health service, but had to wait a long time before...
Mr Alfred Broughton: My hon. Friend the Member for East Wolverhampton (Mr. Baird) has, by descending from teeth to toes, demonstrated his versatility and given the House another illustration of his wide interest in human affairs. I wish to support the suggestion of my hon. Friend for the provision of chiropody under the National Health Service. My experience as a doctor has shown me that chiropody is most needed...
Mr Alfred Broughton: I wish to support this new Clause which seeks to substitute other words in Section 5 of the Dog Licences Act, 1867, and thereby make dog licences valid for 12 months from the date of issue. Following the conviction of a number of people for keeping dogs without licences in Batley and Morley there appeared in a local newspaper on 30th April, 1949, an article entitled "Licensing Confusion". I...
Mr Alfred Broughton: I am coming to that. Supplementary questions suggested some interest had been aroused, but my right hon. Friend said that the Treasury had had no complaint, and he was not then prepared to recommend the necessary legislation. Since then further convictions have been imposed on dog owners in the West Riding of Yorkshire. Here is a typical case, but I will omit the name and address, with...
Mr Alfred Broughton: asked the Postmaster-General the approximate date on which television broadcasts will begin in Yorkshire.
Mr Alfred Broughton: As many people in Yorkshire and Lancashire would like to have television in their homes and clubs, will my right hon. Friend give an assurance that he will keep a close watch on the construction of the new broadcasting station, so that it will be brought into operation as soon as possible?
Mr Alfred Broughton: asked the Minister of Health what is the number of ophthalmic opticians in England and Wales now employed in providing optical treatment within the National Health Service.
Mr Alfred Broughton: Does my hon. Friend consider this number sufficient to meet the needs of the National Health Service, and is he satisfied that ophthalmic opticians as a whole have shown that high standard of professional service which the Minister expected?
Mr Alfred Broughton: asked the Postmaster-General how the scheme for television in Yorkshire and Lancashire will be affected by the economy measures recently announced.
Mr Alfred Broughton: asked the Minister of Food what increase of rationed foods he intends allowing for Christmas.
Mr Alfred Broughton: Is my right hon. Friend aware that now is the time when housewives would like to know so that they could be planning? Christmas is next month, after all.