Mawrth, 16 Gorffennaf 1946
The House met at Half past Two o'Clock
[Mr. SPEAKERin the Chair]
I beg to ask leave to present to the House a Petition, signed by 300,000 people in all parts of the country, which states that the petitioners are already undernourished—[HON. MEMBERS:...
As amended, considered; to be read the Third time.
asked the Minister of Town and Country Planning if he will now ask Parliament for power to limit advertising, by the use of hoardings in rural areas.
asked the Minister of Town and Country Planning whether he has yet received the Report of the Hobhouse Committee on National Parks; and what action is being taken to implement the Committee's...
asked the Minister of Town and Country Planning what action, he is taking to assist in the opening up of new footpaths, such as the Pennine Way.
asked the Minister of Town and Country Planning if he will give an assurance that in providing housing sites for the 10,000 workers expected to be transferred to London Airport, Heathrow, the...
asked the Minister of Works what are the present day costs of manufacturing the aluminium type of temporary house and the costs of erection on the site; and the average present-day cost of...
asked the Minister of Works how many more Arcon houses there are than bases.
asked the Minister of Works, in view of the fact that the completion of temporary houses n the Allington Road and Rookery sites in Orpington Urban District Council area is being held up because...
asked the Minister of Works the number of premises held on requisition by his Department in London for accommodation of bomb damage repair workers and the number of such premises so held a year ago.
asked the Minister of Works how long has ale scaffolding been erected in Westminster Hall; what is its purpose; and when it is estimated that it will be dismantled.
asked the Minister of Works how many bricks are being imported from Belgium for Government housing schemes.
asked the Minister of Works how many bricks have been exported to Eire in the last two months; how many it is anticipated will be exported in the next six months; and to what extent such exports...
asked the Minister of Works what are the maximum rates of pay he allows to be paid to craftsmen and labourers in the London area as an essential condition of granting a building firm a...
asked the Minister of Works the cost of the hostel at Crook, County Durham; how many boys have been trained in it for the mines; how long has it been empty; and what use is proposed for this set...
asked the Minister of Works whether he will be prepared to give priority to applications for huts required for bona fide political organisations.
asked the Minister of Works if it was with his authority that an official of his Department gave an interview to the "Evening Standard," which was published in the issue of 9th July, and a copy...
asked the Minister of Works whether, in view of the hardship falling on owners of requisitioned hotels and boarding houses who cannot tell when they will be enabled to resume their prewar...
asked the Minister of Works whether he is aware that his Department is sending mobile building workers into districts where there is unemployed building labour already available; and whether he...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power why pit trainees are charged 1s. 3d. for conveyance between Cheadle, Staffordshire, and the Berry Hill Colliery, Stoke, by a Government omnibus on which other...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power why deductions are made, without their consent, from the wages of men directed to work in the Warwickshire coalmines; whether he is aware that these...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power what was the total cost of the machinery and erection of an opencast screening plant at Blacker Hill, near Barnsley.
Mr. Holmes: asked the Minister of Fuel and Power what is the acreage of the Monckton opencast site, near Barnsley; the approximate tonnage the site is expected to yield; and if he will give the...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power whether he is aware that the allowance of petrol for motorboats is inadequate in both summer and winter; and whether he proposes to increase it.
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power whether a decision has yet been reached on the recommendation of the expert committee's report on the Severn Barrage Scheme to construct a new tidal model,...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power how many gallons of petrol are still stored in underground tanks in Great Britain.
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power if he can yet give an assurance that sufficient stocks of industrial coal will be available to enable British industry to be fully employed during the winter.
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power whether it is the practice of his Department to circulate fuel merchants with a schedule of prices every week, whether that schedule involves alteration in...
Mr. Vane: asked the Minister of Fuel and Power whether he is aware that the Electricity Commissioners' circular instruction No. 950/1101, of Zest June, 1946, gives priority of allocation of...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power, what measures are proposed for the utilisation of peat this year; and whether, in the surveys of peat resources, other possible uses than burning as solid...
asked the Prime Minister whether he will give an assurance that, when the duties hitherto undertaken by local authorities or any organisation whose proceedings were open to the Press are...
asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster whether the available labour force in the British zone of Germany is adequate to gather in the harvest.
asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what is the number of males in displaced persons' camps in Germany between the ages of 18 and 65 years; to what extent they are engaged in useful...
asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster whether he will now make a statement regarding the repatriation of Austrian and German refugees.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much money is being received by His Majesty's Government as a result of the hire of German prisoners of war to agriculture and industry reckoned on the...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the estimated cost to his Department of maintaining order in Palestine during the current financial year.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the average cost per annum of providing one Cabinet Minister with one motor car and chauffeur; and what gross increase of salary over the present...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, in view of the recent announcement by the Chairman of the War Damage Commission, he will state the amount up to date of the deficit on the war...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish as a Command Paper the full text of the agreement reached with the Swiss Government concerning the disposal of German assets in Switzerland.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, in view of the success of the Birmingham Municipal Bank with its advantages to citizens desiring to own their own houses, and the financing of...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will pay postwar credits to disabled civilians at the moment when they leave hospital and need the money for resettlement.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the number of people paying Income Tax and Surtax who are not gainfully employed; and the total sum of their returned incomes under the Income Tax Acts.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the sterling value of British assets in India, as at 1st April, 1938, and 1946, respectively, or at the nearest convenient date; and the causes of any changes.
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury what is the annual cost to the Exchequer of the free lodging given to, or provided for, the Minister of Supply.
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury if he will consider amending the Superannuation Act, 1887, so as to increase the gratuity payable on retirement to unestablished technical civil...
asked the Minister at Labour the number of men, women and apprentices, employed in the engineering industry in 1938 and at the present time; the percentage difference in the wages paid in 1938...
asked the Minister of Labour why there is a hold up in training courses for boot and shoe repairing in Yorkshire; what is the average waiting period before a vacancy can be granted; and what...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he is satisfied with the proportion of men at Government building trade training centres in the Eastern region, who are receiving instruction in bricklaying...
asked the Minister of Labour if he will now raise the percentage of disabled persons who must be employed by certain employers under the Disabled Persons (Employment) Act, 1944.
asked the Minister of Labour what charges are made to men employed away from home and living in industrial hostels; whether he contemplates any alteration in these charges; and whether the...
asked the Minister of Labour if he will give the planned release group dates up to gist December, 1946.
Major Roberts: asked the Minister of Labour what number of ex-members of His Majesty's Forces who have not yet taken up employment, given as 840,000 as at end of April, 1946, are still on...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he will take steps to ensure that the property of children who die intestate, after having been adopted by Scottish persons, will pass to the...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will explain the likely effect of bread rationing upon farm workers' diet in Scotland; and if he will give an assurance that this new rationing...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether, in view of the divergence of informed opinion as to the availability of sand and gravel in the Vale of Leven, he will Cause a public inquiry to...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if any decision has been reached regarding the future of H.M.S. "Lochinvar," Granton, Edinburgh; and if he has any statement to make.
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he can yet make any statement on the results of his investigation into the allegation of starvation in prisoner-of-war camps in Belgium, which...
asked the Secretary of State for War if he is aware that Somerset County Council premises at Sandhill Park. formerly used as a special school for mentally backward children, which were...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he has any statement to make on the arrest and detention of 267 men of the 13th Parachute Battalion in Malaya, on 14th May, 1946; whether he is aware...
(by Private Notice), asked the Minister of Transport whether he has any statement to make with regard to the regrettable disaster which occurred to the King's Cross to Aberdeen express at...
I beg to ask the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs—whom we are all glad to welcome back to the House after his exacting labours in Paris—a Question of which I have given him...
May I ask the Leader of the House to tell us if there is any change in the Business for tomorrow?
May I call your attention, Mr. Speaker, to Division 245 which was taken at 7.25 p.m. on 11th July? This Division was called, and it in fact took place. I was in the Chamber, and so were a large...
[17TH ALLOTTED DAY.]
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a sum, not exceeding £3,750,000, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the charge which will come in course of payment...
May I say that a great number of hon. Members desire to speak in this Debate and it would considerably help the Chair, and also other hon. Members, if those who are fortunate enough to catch my...
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn." —[Captain Michael Stewart.]
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