Iau, 7 Mehefin 1945
The House met at a Quarter past Two o'Clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Mr. SPEAKER laid upon the Table,—Report from one of the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills, That in the case of the following Bill, originating in the Lords, and referred on the First...
Bill to be read a Second time.
Ordered: That the Promoters of any Private Bill which has originated in this House, or been brought from the House of Lords in the present Session of Parliament shall have leave to suspend any...
asked the Minister of Labour whether boys directed to the mines will be given the opportunity of being transferred to the Services for the period that may remain until their release group number...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that the activities of many manufacturers in preparing for export trade are restricted by the difficulty in obtaining craftsmen for their...
asked the Minister of Labour if he is aware that the railways are not in a position to handle a greatly increased holiday traffic this year owing to the large number of locomotives awaiting...
asked the Minister of Labour whether, in view of the new European situation, he will now take further steps to ensure that juveniles do not work excessive hours of labour and that supervision and...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he has prepared, or is preparing, a scheme for the rehabilitation of miners who are certified to be partially disabled by silicosis or pneumoconiosis; whether...
asked the Minister of Labour how many persons are now employed in the building industry; what steps are being taken to release more of such persons from the Services and other industries; and...
asked the Minister of Labour if he is aware that skilled engineers in factories which are soon to be redundant are being restrained by Man-power Board officials from taking up work in their own...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that, owing to shortage of staffs, laundries in the coastal areas of West Sussex are having to refuse their services to returning residents,...
asked the Minister of Labour the facts about the dispute between the Association of Cine-Technicians and George Humphries and Company; was the notice given in accordance with Section 4 of the...
asked the Minister of Labour the policy of the Government with regard to making holidays with pay statutory in those cases not covered by industrial agreements.
Mr. Walkden: asked the Minister of Labour if he is aware that ex-shop assistants returning to the employ of owners of medium-sized shops which deal in furniture, textiles, footwear and household...
asked the Minister of Labour whether civilians who have taken up work at the direction of his Ministry will be released concurrently with members of the Armed Forces under the demobilisation...
asked the Minister of Labour if he is aware that employers of labour in the secondary industries who are required to take their former employees back on demobilisation will not be able to give...
asked the Minister of Labour what are the conditions for demobilisation of the Friends' Ambulance Unit and similar units now serving in Europe and in the Middle and Far East.
Miss Rathbone: asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that some of the older men in the R.A.F., who have seen long service overseas, are dissatisfied with the decision not to recruit...
asked the Minister of Labour if he is aware that there is a strong feeling of disappointment amongst men in the Services in regard to the relatively small number to be demobilised this year, and...
asked the Minister of Labour if he has, or proposes any scheme for calling for volunteers from among graded men, munition workers and others who have been kept in the United Kingdom to help in...
asked the Minister of Education whether Draft Regulation 23 has now been withdrawn; and when the promised redrafting of it will be laid upon the Table.
asked the Minister of Education whether he is aware that some of the education authorities find it impossible to administer the grant for posts of special responsibility; that they propose to...
asked the Minister of Health what progress has been made in Nottinghamshire in the last 12 months in the provision for maternity cases; and whether he will give the number of beds now available...
asked the Minister of Health what proportion of local authorities are training their midwives to administer gas-and-air analgesia; and how this compares with the number before the war.
asked the Minister of Health the nature of the recommendations from his advisory committee on tuberculosis as to the exclusion of chronic cases of pulmonary tuberculosis from the scheme of...
asked the Minister of Health whether the Bath City Council applied for compulsory powers to acquire, for housing purposes, 10·546 acres of land at Poolemeade, Tiverton; why negotiations to...
asked the Minister of Health what is the extent and general nature of the powers which he has delegated to the clerks to all local authorities to requisition suitable property for the...
asked the Minister of Health if any local authorities outside the London area have applied for an allotment of Uni-seco type hutments; have any of these been allotted; and, if so, how many.
asked the Minister of Health whether he proposes, by the licensing of production or by other means, to ensure the installation in privately as well as municipally built houses of modern...
asked the Minister of Health the number of houses now needed in Wales; and what steps he is taking to enable Welsh local authorities to commence their building programmes.
asked the Prime Minister what representations were made by Colonel Deneys Reitz and Mr. R. G. Casey to the Prime Minister in December, 1939, about the defence of France; what action was taken;...
Mr. Graham White: asked tine Prime Minister if it is the purpose of the Allied Control Commission in Germany to set up a common and correlated policy for the four zones of occupation so that the...
asked the Prime Minister whether, before the Dissolution of Parliament, he will arrange for a high officer from military government in North-West Germany to attend this House and give an account...
asked the Prime Minister if he will issue a White Paper putting on record the extent to which the individual Dominions, India and the Colonies have shared in the war effort in Africa and Europe...
Air Vice-Marshal Bennett: asked the Prime Minister whether he will consider modifying the existing regulations whereby serving personnel who are granted compassionate temporary release are made...
asked the Prime Minister what agreements were arrived at at Teheran or Yalta with regard to relations with other European Powers not so far disclosed to the British public.
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is aware that the local War Agricultural Committee are causing sand to be removed from the seashore at Constantine Bay, near Padstow, Cornwall, at the...
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is aware that instructions have been issued to the staffs of county war agricultural executive committees to the effect that they must not appear on...
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he will issue a leaflet regarding the goat, as he has done about other animals, so that all concerned may realise that the goat does not get or give...
asked the Minister of Health whether his attention has been drawn to the loss suffered by rating authorities in consequence of the inconsistency in the Railways (Valuation for Rating) Act, 1930,...
asked the Secretary of State for India how many expectant mothers working in the mines in India have been prematurely confined in the mines and in their homes or hospital, respectively; and how...
asked the Secretary of State for India whether he will now make a statement regarding his conversations with the Viceroy during his recent visit to this country.
Has the Prime Minister any statement to make with regard to the Family Allowances Bill, and will he also state the Business for next week?
That they have come to the following Resolutions, namely: That the promoters of every Private or Provisional Order Confirmation Bill and petitioners for Estate Bills which shall have been...
Ordered (under Section 7 of the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act, 1936), to be considered To-morrow.
Fifth, Sixth, Seventh and Eighth Reports from the Select Committee, brought up and read; to lie upon the Table, and to be printed. [Nos. 100–103.]
Considered in Committee.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a further sum, not exceeding £70, be granted to His Majesty, towards defraying the charges for the following services connected with Housing for the...
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. Cary.]
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