Mawrth, 30 Gorffennaf 1946
The House met at Half past Two o'Clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
I beg to move, That the Proceedings of the House [26th July] on Consideration of Lords Amendments be null and void. On Wednesday last the agents for the Long Eaton Urban District Council Bill...
Lords Amendment considered, and agreed to.
Lords Amendment considered, and agreed to.
Lords Amendment considered, and agreed to.
Lords Amendment considered, and agreed to.
Lords Amendment considered, and agreed to.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That the several Amendments to the Standing Orders relative to Private Business hereinafter stated in the Schedule be made." —[The Chairman of Ways and...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power whether, in view of the increase of rationed petrol, he will now provide for French, Belgian and other tourists visiting this country as much petrol as...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power whether he is now prepared to authorise the issue of supplementary petrol coupons to officers of the Colonial Service on leave in this country.
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power what is the average amount per acre offered to assist in the restoration of farm land that has been used for getting opencast coal; and how many complaints of...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power the number of persons in 1944 and 1945 killed, seriously injured and injured and disabled for more than three days, divided into those on the surface, from...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power what instructions he has given, or proposes to
asked the Minister of Labour whether men who have served several years in the Merchant Navy and have been discharged as surplus to requirements and accepted for examination by a selection...
asked the Minister of Labour if training in the senior training corps in universities is now required as a condition of deferment for university students; and if he will make a statement on the...
asked the Minister of Labour whether, in view of the importance of improving the cooking in the hotels of this country, he will draw the attention of juvenile employment committees throughout the...
Lieut-Commander Clark Hutchison: asked the Minister of Labour the total number of former brickmakers, released under Class B, who have been directed to resume work in brickyards under Service...
asked the Minister of Labour the total number of working days lost by reason of industrial disputes during the first six months of 1946; and how many of these relate to the coal industry.
asked the Minister of Labour (1) whether he is now in a position to announce an increase in the standard percentage under the quota scheme for the employment of disabled persons; (2) what...
asked the Minister of Labour the number of men and the number of women registered as unemployed on 29th June, 1946; and what number of men and number of women were receiv-standard unemployment...
asked the Minister of Labour why a manufacturer must complete eight copies of the monthly return of employment; and if he will cause this number to be reduced in order to save work and paper.
asked the Minister of Labour whether he has reconsidered the case of the 12 L.P.T.B. tramwaymen who, while drawing their pay regularly, are not allowed by the L.P.T.B. to take out their tramcars...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he will immediately devise a scheme for the gradual withdrawal of prisoner-of-war labour from the land; return to the farms all farmworkers now serving in the...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he will make a statement on the arrangements for consultation between the Government and the two sides of industry on the matters that are of common interest...
asked the Minister of Labour whether men released from His Majesty's Forces for work in the mines and who, if they had remained in His Majesty's Forces would have been eligible for Class A...
asked the Minister of Labour what action he is taking to settle the dispute at the G.W.R. Workshops, Swindon, between the National Union of Railwaymen and the National Union of Vehicle Builders...
asked the Minister of Labour how it is that employment agencies can offer employment, providing posts to applicants paying fees; and why these vacancies are not being filled through the...
asked the Minister of Labour how many persons have been registered to date in Scotland as war-disabled persons; how many of these are in the city of Aberdeen; what are their disabilities; for how...
asked the Minister of Labour if, in view of the freedom now enjoyed by English farmworkers to change their employers while remaining within the industry and the similar freedom soon to be...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many members of the W.L.A. have responded to the appeal to continue in the service in Scotland; and how many are still required.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he has considered the case of Mr. David Phillips, of Aberdeen, of which he has notice in writing, an innocent man who was questioned by the Aberdeen...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he can make a statement as to the prospects of the Orlit Company being able to make further progress with the manufacture of slabs or frames for...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland the reason for the delay in supplying electricity to the smallholdings at Auchincruive, Ayrshire; and when electricity is likely to be available.
asked the Secretary of State for War how many German prisoners of war have been brought from Germany to this country for the purpose of labour.
asked the Secretary of State for War if he is now in a position to announce the derequisitioning of Donnington Park.
asked the Secretary of State for War whether his attention has been drawn to a fatal accident near Ampthill, Bedfordshire, where a motor-cyclist skidded into a roadside ammunition dump; and what...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he has now received the report from Burma of the case of a soldier aged 19 years, of the 4th Borderers, Indian Division, formerly the South Wales...
asked the Secretary of State for War if he is aware that the cultural and civic activities of Preston are being handicapped by the continued occupation of the Public Hall by the Army authorities;...
asked the Secretary of State for War how many drivers, R.A.S.C., in C.M.F., have had their release deferred; and how many have been warned that their release will be deferred.
asked the Secretary of State for War the reasons for the delay of six months in allocating for use 51 huts in Shugborough Park, Milford, Staffordshire; and if he will immediately release the...
asked the Secretary of State for War (1) when the public right of way will be reopened across Wallaford Down, near Buckfastleigh, Devon; (2) if he is aware that many of the barbed wire fences...
asked the Secretary of State for War what provision has been made for the accommodation of families of personnel of the Army in Egypt now moved out of Cairo and Alexandria to the Canal zone.
asked the Secretary of State for War whether his attention has been called to the fact that a number of Polish soldiers serving under His Majesty's Command created a disturbance at a public...
asked the Secretary of State for War in what districts of England or Wales it is proposed to provide facilities for the housing and training of members of the Polish Armed Forces brought to this...
May I draw your attention. Sir, to the fact that we have not even reached the Prime Minister's Questions today?
Motion made, and Question put, That the Proceedings on Government Business be exempted, at this day's Sitting, from
Order for Second Reading read.
3.44 p.m.
Order read for Consideration of Lords Amendments.
Lords Amendment: In page 13, leave out lines 37 to 44.
Lords Amendment: In page 14, line 38, leave out "Any development", and insert: Without prejudice to the powers of development corporations under this Act to dispose of any of their property,...
Lords Amendment: In page 16, line 40, leave out from beginning to "no", in line 1 on page 17, and insert: (5) An order under this Section which provides for the transfer of the undertaking or any...
Lords Amendment: In page 18, line 35, after "gas", insert: or any railway, light railway, tramway or trolley vehicle undertaking.
Lords Amendment: In page 21, line 17, at end, insert: (d) in Subsection (7) for the reference to Part II of the Town and Country Planning Act, 1944, there shall be substituted a reference to Part...
Lords Amendment: In page 31, line 7, leave out "or allowances," and insert: and such reasonable allowances in respect of expenses properly incurred in the performance of their duties.
Order read for Consideration of Lords Amendments.
Lords Amendment: In page 36, line 31, at end, insert: (2) The persons selected as members of the said committees may include persons put forward by organisations concerned with the interests of...
Lords Amendment: In page 37, line 27, after "Act", insert: being in either case a barrister or advocate of not less than ten years' standing.
Lords Amendment: In page 44, line 14, leave out "fails", and insert "refuses or neglects."
Lords Amendment: In page 59, line 32, at end, insert: (5) The amendments made by this Section and Part IV of the said Eleventh Schedule in Section six of, and the Schedule to, the National...
Lords Amendment: In page 83, line 14, leave out "three", and insert "four."
Lords Amendment: In page 97, line 42, at end, insert:
Resolved: That the Order made by the Secretary of State for the Home Department, extending Section 1 of the Sunday Entertainments Act, 1932, to the Borough of Torquay, a copy of which Order was...
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