Mawrth, 23 Gorffennaf 1946
The House met at Half past Two o' Clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
I beg leave of the House to present a humble Petition from 1,400 inhabitants of the parish of Sheldon in the City of Birmingham in the Parliamentary constituency of Solihull. The Petition...
Lords Amendments considered, and agreed to.
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"to confirm a Provisional Order under the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act, 1936, relating to Campbeltown Water, etc.," presented by Mr. Secretary Westwood; and ordered (under Section...
asked the Minister of Works what has been the average time taken for the erection of temporary houses, including the time required for the preparation of the site.
asked the Minister of Works whether it is intended to repair the ceiling of the present Chamber of the House of Commons where the German bomb penetrated.
asked the Minister of Works what were the qualifications upon which he decided to appoint Mrs. Violet Dean to her post in his Department; what is the post she occupies; what is her salary; and...
asked the Minister of Works if he is aware that the National Portrait Gallery of Scotland has been closed since 1939; why this arrangement as regards picture galleries applies to Edinburgh and...
asked the Minister of Works in view of the shortage of bricks for all purposes in the West Cumberland development area, whether he will consider the establishment of a brick works, controlled by...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power what the output of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company was in 1945; what proportion of this production was imported into the United Kingdom; and where the remainder...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power the average amount of coal allowed per week to miners and the prices paid by them.
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power if he is aware that 15 trucks of coal have accumulated at Bromley South Station as a result of the withdrawal of the permit from Mr. C. Mortimer, of 57, High...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power what tonnage of peat is expected to be available this winter for domestic fuel in Scotland.
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power why he refused to permit a Warwickshire colliery to give away for use in brick making 30,000 tons of washery slurry, now occupying agricultural land, unless...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power why his Department retains publicans and other people who have other occupations and declares ex-Servicemen redundant, in the same Departments, doing the same...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power whether a better quality of coal will be supplied to gas undertakings in the North-East of Scotland.
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power if he will allow the basic petrol ration for the months of August and September to be taken up in either of the two months.
Mr. Vane: asked the Minister of Fuel and Power whether he will give an assurance that, where no alternative method of light or power is available, old premises, in respect of which application...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power whether he will now make an increase of 50 per cent. in the paraffin ration.
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power why the Bristol Regional Office of his Department made certain preferential issues of fuel, of which he has been informed; and if he will make a statement.
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power whether he now has any further information to give as to the prospect of the Government's proposal for the employment of Polish ex-soldiers in British...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power if he has yet given instructions that the so-called black list of injured miners, operated through the Indemnity Society, should be abandoned.
asked the Minister of Labour whether, in view of the shortage of female labour of all kinds, he will hold up recruitment of women into the Auxiliary Services until the position has eased.
asked the. Minister of Labour how many girls have enrolled as student nurses between the beginning of the special recruiting campaign and the latest convenient date; and how many female nurses...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he will have a special register kept of any suitable vacancies in South Wales, and inform those who have migrated from Wales during recent years of such...
asked the Minister of Labour if he is now in a position to state the names of the persons appointed to serve on the Board of the Institute of Domestic Workers.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will state in round figures, comparing the years 1938 and 1945–46, the effect of the war and food rationing on the health of the people of...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if, in view of the general dissatisfaction with the examination for Senior Leaving Certificate, he will reconsider the whole question of the use of this...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many two-apartment houses are provided for in the schemes promoted by local authorities up to the end of May.
Lieut.-Commander Clark Hutchison: asked the Secretary of State for Scotland why, in view of the serious cuts which poultry keepers will have to make in their livestock owing to lack of...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he is aware of the shortage of female nurses at the Dundee Mental Hospital branch of Liff, as at present there are only 20 female nurses looking...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he will reconsider his decision to change over from the old W.A.E.Cs. to the new district committees in November; and whether he will consider...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will explain the changes made in housing procedure resulting from the recent representations made to him by the Fife County Council; and if this...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he has any further statement to make on the effect upon farm workers' perquisites of the new bread-rationing Order.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he has yet completed his inquiries into the position of the brickworks at Inverkeithing, Fife; whether he is aware that foreign-made bricks are being...
asked the Lord President of the Council if the members of the Advisory Committee on Scottish Broadcasting will be appointed by the Governors of the B.B.C. or by the Secretary of State for Scotland.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland the number of pupils who left school at the end of session 1945– 1946; the number who had gained a two-years' certificate; the number who had...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he is aware that offers to undertake harvesting work are being rejected by the Department of Agriculture for Scotland because of the availability of...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland which local authorities have refused to accept the British Iron and Steel Federation house.
asked the Prime Minister whether his attention has been called to paragraph 10 of Treasury Circular No. 21/46, stating that subordinate legislation, purporting to be made with retrospective...
asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what are the respective priorities for the supply of insulin to civilian internees in Germany and to the general German population; and why the...
asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster whether he has any information to give the House respecting recent disorders in Hamburg.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer to what extent the increased prices to be paid to the farmers and other factors will increase the amount of the food stabilisation subsidy; and what is now...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many tax offices have been closed since 1939 and in what respective places; how many have been reopened since the cessation of hostilities and where; and...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will now authorise payments to be made to persons over 65 years of age in respect of their war-damage claims for private chattels.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the estimated increase in annual dollar expenditure as a result of the petrol relaxations recently announced.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether funds made available under the U.S. Loan may be drawn by this country in gold as well as in dollars.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he is aware that, following the recent rise in prices in the U.S.A. and the revaluation of Canadian and Swedish currencies, there has been an influx of...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the total of his Department's expenditure in Palestine during the most recent period of six months for which figures are available.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will state, for the year 1937– 38, how many of the persons whose incomes exceeded £ 200, out of the 290,000 not gainfully employed, returned...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what credit facilities are at present in operation to enable prospective buyers in France of British manufactured products to purchase goods which will be...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer why he still permits the use of our exchange for importing luxury peaches and melons from Holland by air; and if he will take steps to stop this.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will consider proclaiming 1st May each year a national holiday as a tribute to the efforts of the workers during the war period.
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he is aware that 282 officials are entitled to sign S.R. & Os, on behalf of eight Ministers, namely, the President of the Board of Trade,...
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury if he will consider the compilation of a citizens' guide, annotated and indexed, including Statutory Rules and Orders, rationing and other necessary...
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he will make arrangements to enable Members to obtain the services of a typist who may be able to type letters, etc., in Welsh, as and when...
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he is aware that in many Government Departments it has become the normal practice not to reply to letters; and whether he will instruct...
(by Private Notice) asked the Prime Minister whether he has any statement to make on the bomb outrage at the British Headquarters in Jerusalem.
May I ask the Leader of the House if he has any statement to make about Business this week?
Motion made, and Question put, That the Proceedings on Government Business be exempted, at this day's Sitting,
As amended (in the Standing Committee and on recommittal), further considered.
3.50 p.m.
I beg to move, in page 25, line 21, to leave out from "application," to "in," in line 22. This Amendment raises wide questions on which we think it proper that the House, as distinct from the...
I beg to move, in page 27, line 14, to leave out Clause 35. This is the Clause which deals with the sale of goodwill. I do not want to repeat what was said in the previous Debate, and,...
I beg to move, in page 36, line 8, at the end, to insert: by reason of his failure properly to provide the services which he has undertaken. Before it can be properly decided what is the right...
I beg to move, in page 39, line 30, to leave out from "Minister," to the end of line 31. This removes from the Clause the appointment of a person to act on behalf of the Minister, and leaves the...
I beg to move, in page 40. line 27, after '' Control," to insert: the Minister of Works or the Prison Commissioners. This Amendment deals with two State institutions for mental defectives of...
I beg to move, in page 44, line 39, after "defrayed," to insert: by that Committee out of sums paid to them for that purpose. I believe that the object behind this Amendment is in line with the...
I beg to move, in page 45, line 24, at the end, to insert, "as such an authority." This Amendment is designed to make plain that the accounts of councils of county boroughs to be subject to...
I beg to move, in page.48, line 19, after "hospital," to insert: and a Hospital Management Committee. This Amendment carries out the promise to allow hospital management committees to receive gifts.
Amendment made: In page 50, line 5, after "last," insert "but one."—[Mr. Key.]
10.15 p.m.
Amendments made:
Amendment made: In page 55, line 3, at the end, insert: Provided that no local authority shall be ordered to pay costs under subsection (4) of that section in the case of any inquiry unless it...
Amendment made: In page 55, line 31, leave out paragraph (d). [Mr. Key.]
I beg to move, in page 55, line 43, after "Act," to insert: and such of the orders made under Sub section (1) of Section eleven of this Act as determine the areas for which Regional Hospital...
Amendment made: In page 59, line 33, after "hospital," insert "by an order in force."—[Mr. Key.]
I beg to move, in page 64, line 25, at the end, to insert: A Hospital Management Committee shall have power to co-opt not more than three persons to he members of the Committee. In moving this...
I beg to move, in page 67, line 2, after "may," to insert: subject to any restrictions imposed by the local health authority. This Amendment is to give local health committees control over the...
Amendments made:
I beg to move, in page 69, line 5, to leave out "six," and to insert "seven." Perhaps it may be for the convenience of the House if I discuss this Amendment and the two following Amendments in...
Amendments made: In page 81, line 8, after "of," insert: Section twenty-seven of the principal Act (which prescribes the mental hospitals into which rate-aided patients may be received).
Amendments made:
Order for Second Reading read.
Resolved: "That this House do now adjourn. "—[Mr. Pearson.]
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