Iau, 23 Awst 1945
The House met at a Quarter past Two o'Clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
I have the honour to present a Petition signed by 17,340 housewives of Britain in the following terms: To the Honourable the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he will undertake to co-ordinate the estimates of the three Services with regard to the speed of releases and issue a comprehensive statement as to the...
Lieut.-Colonel Sir Ian Fraser: asked the Minister of Labour whether following the scheme for releasing arts and theological students from the Services, he can now announce a scheme for the...
asked the Minister of Labour if he is aware that there is inequality between the three Services in the matter of release; and whether naval personnel are being released in accordance with their...
asked the Minister of Labour whether, in view of the improved situation, he will now grant immediate release from the Forces to any men or women who are the sole working owners of, or assistants...
asked the Minister of Labour whether architects are included in Class B for demobilisation; and, if not, will he consider their inclusion in order to facilitate house building.
asked the Minister of Labour whether he will consider an early change in Government policy whereby service in the Police War Reserve and the N.F.S. of men who have now been transferred to the...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware of the hardship caused to men who transfer from the Services to industry after being invited to volunteer to do so and who thereby lose their...
asked the Minister of Labour if he will consider giving instructions for more sympathetic consideration to be given to the release under Group "B," both for domestic distress and business interests.
asked the Minister of Labour what proposals he has in view to increase the labour force available to the cotton industry.
asked the Minister of Labour whether he can now state the names of those appointed to the Commission which is to consider the post-war organisation of the cotton industry.
asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that a large number of workers in war factories at present have little or nothing to do; and whether he intends to put an end to this enforced...
asked the Minister of Labour when it is proposed to return to the normal pre-war practice regarding the publication of statistics relating to unemployment.
asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that prior to enlistment in the R.A.F. a large number of men were compulsorily transferred to agriculture and, in consequence, lost their right of...
asked the Minister of Labour whether his attention has been called to the shortage of women laundry workers throughout the country; and what steps he proposes to take to make available suitable...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he will now revoke Article 3 of the Control of Engagement Order, 1945, so as to restore freedom to all persons to obtain employment either direct or through...
asked the Minister of Labour whether, in view of the dangerous and unhealthy conditions in various parts of the city of Birmingham where there still remains piles of rubble, debris and dangerous...
asked the Minister of Labour whether the services offered by the special bureaux set up by his Ministry for returned Servicemen will be made available for returned civilian internees, in view of...
asked the Under-Secretary of State for India if he will state the future arrangements in connection with the operations hitherto conducted by the Delhi Conference; and particularly about such...
asked the Under-Secretary of State for India if he has investigated the allegations made to him that cruel punishments are being perpetrated in Indian prisons, especially at Midnapore, Dacca and...
asked the Under-Secretary of State for India to what extent houses and other buildings are requisitioned for military purposes without the consent of Provincial Governments or local municipal...
asked the Under-Secretary of State for India why officers discharged in India last year are still waiting for their gratuities, and more particularly, Major Forbes-Leith, details of whose case...
asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether the prohibition in respect of the publication of the daily newspaper, "National Herald," will now be withdrawn, the printing plant restored,...
asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he will take steps to release Sibnath Banerji, member of the Legislative Assembly of Bengal, to enable him to attend the session of the I.L.O....
asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether he has considered the proposal recently made by Mr. Rajagopalachari, former Premier of Madras, for effecting an end to the deadlock in India;...
asked the Under-Secretary of State for India if he will state, approximately, when elections for the Provincial Governments will take place; whether this is to be preceded by a full restoration...
asked the Under-Secretary of State for Burma whether he will now take steps to see that military administration in Burma will be discontinued immediately in all areas except where it is necessary...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many aliens have during the war received naturalisation on the ground that such naturalisation was a matter of direct national interest.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many cards were sent out to men and women in the three Services notifying them that they were not entitled to vote by direct postal ballot...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many votes it is possible for any one person to have for local government elections by taking advantage of the business premises,...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will issue instructions to ensure that at future elections the detachable counterfoils of the ballot papers for proxy voters are...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will examine the existing machinery for preparing the Electoral Register; and whether he will arrange for the continuance of B.B.C....
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department in view of the precedent set by the introduction of the proxy vote in the Armed Forces during the last election, whether he is prepared to...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department when it is proposed to permit the return of the fire services to the local authorities.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether it is intended to revert to Greenwich Mean Time during the coming winter.
asked the Prime Minister if he is in a position to state what machinery, organisation or arrangement is proposed for the scientific development for peacetime use of the knowledge obtained in the...
asked the Prime Minister whether he will consider granting some small distinction, such as a small T to be worn on the ribbon of the 1939–45 Star, or other ribbon, to those men and women...
asked the Minister of Agriculture, with reference to Appendix 3, paragraph 5, to the Report from the Committee of Public Accounts 1945 and Questions 1357 to 1365 of the Minutes of Evidence, why...
asked the Minister of Agriculture why German prisoners working on the land during harvest time for periods exceeding eight hours a day are to be granted food rations in excess of those provided...
Mr. De la Bère: asked the Minister of Agriculture (1) whether, without prejudice to the formulation of a long-term agricultural policy, he will formulate a short-term emergency policy for...
Mr. De la Bère: asked the Minister of Agriculture whether, in view of the difficulties in maintaining the sugar ration, he will ensure an adequate provision of labour to prevent the further...
asked the Minister of Agriculture if he is aware of the backwardness of Britain's veterinary services, with its ill-effect upon the efficiency of British agriculture; and what steps he is...
Major Baker White: asked the Minister of Agriculture whether, in view of the fact that women members of His Majesty's Forces receive, on release, a cash grant for the purchase of civilian...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will consider appointing an independent committee to inquire into, and examine in public, the activities of those in authority in the...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how soon he expects to remove the restrictions on the return of Channel Islanders to their homes; and if he will publish in the OFFICIAL...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether, in view of the service done by the activities of the vigilantes in Brighton and elsewhere in bringing to the notice of the...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he is aware of complaints of excessive fares charged to the public for the hire of private-hire vehicles; that the conditions have...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department to what extent it is still necessary for persons wishing to visit foreign countries, the Dominions or Colonies, to apply for an exit permit to...
(by Private Notice) asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air whether he can offer any prospect of an early reduction in the length of overseas tour of duty of Royal Air Force personnel.
(by Private Notice) asked the Prime Minister whether His Majesty's Government are taking action to restore the British Administration in Hong Kong as soon as they receive the Japanese surrender...
The Secretary of State for War (Mr, J. J. Lawson): May I ask the permission of the House to give some news about prisoners and civilian internees in the Far East, which reached us light night...
By leave of the House, I wish to make the following statement: The scheme for release from the Armed Forces after the defeat of Germany was presented to Parliament last September by my right...
May I ask the Leader of the House to state the Business of the House for the first week after the Recess?
Report from the Select Committee (with Minutes of Evidence and Appendices), brought up, and read; to lie upon the Table, and to be printed. [No. 3.]
Mr. Neil Maclean reported from the Committee of Selection; That, in pursuance of the provisions of the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act, 1936, they had selected the following Twenty...
Mr. Neil Maclean further reported from the Committee; That they had selected the following Twenty-two Members to be the Panel of Members appointed to serve on the Committee on. Unopposed Bills...
Mr. Neil Maclean further reported from the Committee; That they had selected the following Eight Members to be the Panel of Members appointed to serve on the Standing Orders Committee under...
Mr. Neil Maclean further reported from the Committee; That they had appointed the following Members to serve on Standing Committee A:Mrs. Braddock, Lieut.-Colonel Byers, Mr. Callaghan,...
That they have agreed to—
"to validate certain proceedings for dissolution of marriage in the High Court in Bombay," presented by Mr. Arthur Henderson; to be read a Second time tomorrow, and to be printed. [Bill 4.]
"to substitute for the Workmen's Compensation Acts, 1925 to 1943, a system of insurance against personal injury caused by accident arising out of and in the course of a person's employment and...
"to authorise the provision of financial assistance to inshore fishermen and persons desiring to engage in the inshore fishing industry," presented by Mr. Thomas Williams; supported by Mr....
"to enable the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries and the Secretary of State to make contributions and establish centres for the purposes of research as to the practice of artificial...
"to enable the powers conferred by the British Settlements Act, 1887, on His Majesty in Council to be delegated as well by Order of His Majesty in Council as by an instrument passed under the...
House, at its rising To-morrow, to adjourn till Tuesday, 9th October.—[Mr. Herbert Morrison.]
Order read for resuming Adjourned Debate on Question [22nd August]: That this House approves the ratification of the Charter of the United Nations signed at San Francisco in respect of the United...
9.13 p.m.
Mr. Clement Davies, Sir Charles Edwards, Sir Ralph Glyn, Colonel Sir Charles MacAndrew, Mr. Montague and Sir Henry Morris-Jones appointed Managing Trustees of the House of Commons Members Fund in...
Select Committee appointed to consider every Statutory Rule or Order (including any Provisional Rule made under Section 2 of the Rules Publication Act, 1893) laid or laid in draft before the...
Resolved: "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. Mathers.]
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