Mawrth, 21 Ionawr 1947
The Houses—after the Adjournment on 20th December, 1946, for the Christmas Recess—met at Half past Two o'Clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
For the County of York, West Riding (Normanton Division), in the room of Tom Smith, esquire (Manor of North-stead).—[Mr. William Whiteley.]
asked the Minister of Town and Country Planning why he has refused to receive a deputation from the Stevenage Urban District Council in regard to the appointments to the New Town Development...
asked the Minister of National Insurance, approximately how many old age pensioners who are entitled to the higher rates of pensions as from the pay week in October are still without the...
asked the Minister of National Insurance the estimated cost of providing pensions to insured, spinsters at the age of 55 years and to the wives of insured male workers who are 55 years of age at...
asked the Minister of Labour if he will state separately the intake into the Army, R.N. and R.A.F. from VJ-Day up to the end of 1946.
asked the Minister of Labour if he will make a statement on the present position of release of students from the Forces and, in particular, those for whom university places have been kept.
asked the Minister of Labour if he will now consider releasing, under what would be their age and service group, those men who were directed to civil employment of national importance after...
asked the Minister of Labour if he has now reviewed the question of allowing those who opted for service in the coalmines on registering for National Service in response to the Government's...
asked the Minister of Labour what consequential changes are to be made in the arrangements for release from the Forces in the case of men called up during 1947 and 1948 for a fixed period of...
asked the Prime Minister if he is aware that a man, having served more than 12 months in the R.A.F., cannot be released for work on the land, where his services are required, unless his...
asked the Minister of Labour if, in view of the shortage of labour in agriculture, he will reconsider his previous decision and now allow Italian ex-prisoners of war to return to this country to...
asked the Minister of Labour what consideration has been given since the end of the war to the desirability of returning the factory inspectorate to the Home Department; and with what result.
asked the Minister of Labour whether he will now include a statement on the staggering of holidays in his report for 1939–46; and when it will be available.
asked the Minister of Labour for how many Poles he has given permission to be employed at John Lysaghts, Limited, in view of the shortage of labour and the urgent demand for increased supply of...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he will consider extending the Resettlement Grants Scheme to apply to members of the regular police force.
asked the Minister of Labour how many claims, and by what sections of workers, are waiting the attention of the Central Wages Board; what is the average period of waiting; and what is the longest...
asked the Minister of Labour what are the normal weekly hours of work of a civil servant and a local government employee of clerical, or the equivalent grade, in London and in the Provinces...
asked the Minister or Labour what training centres are available in the region of the Metropolitan Essex area; if he is satisfied that sufficient centres are now available to meet the shortage of...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if his attention has been drawn to circular 133/1946 which prevents wood joists and wood flooring being used in the construction of dwelling-houses in...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the number of licences issued in Edinburgh for the sub-division of houses for each of the months of October, November and December, 1946.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he is aware of the complaints made that the Scottish Special Housing Association enjoys a priority over local authorities in supplies of bricks,...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland the reason for the decline in the numbers of permanent and temporary houses, respectively, built in Scotland during the latter part of 1946; whether it...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he is prepared now, or at an early date, to make a statement of policy with regard to the size of classes in the primary schools.
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he is prepared to initiate an inquiry into the conditions of labour in the military workshops at Tel-el-Kebir; whether he approves of young soldiers,...
asked the Secretary of State for War if he is now in a position to make a statement on the payment of marriage allowances to soldiers under 21 years of age.
asked the Secretary of State for War if he will reconsider the possibility of releasing hutments near the Windmill, Wimbledon Common, for use by the local authority for temporary housing purposes.
asked the Secretary of State for War if he is now in a position to make a statement regarding the future of the Senior Training Corps.
asked the Secretary of State for War whether his attention has been drawn to the case of are-enlisted soldier, whose name and address have been supplied to him, and whose mother has been cut off...
asked the Secretary of State for War (1) how many men have joined the Army on short-term engagements during each month since the announcement on 15th April, 1946; (2) how many men have joined...
asked the Secretary of State for War how many Polish soldiers are now stationed in South Wales; and how long their stay is expected to be
asked the Secretary of State for War why the number of Welsh Guards battalions is being reduced from two to one; and whether he will reconsider his decision in this matter.
asked the Secretary of State for War upon what basis charges are made for accommodation for officers' families in C.M.F.; and whether the rank of the officer is taken into account.
asked the Secretary of State for War how many capital charges were tried by field general court martial in 1946; and how many such charges were tried without the services of a shorthand writer...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he will stop the existing wasteful practice of burning pitch pine planks 2 by 12 inches and 2 by 9 inches suitable for building purposes in the...
asked the Prime Minister if he will now make a statement as to the award of the C.D. Medal to members of the Auxiliary Nursing Reserve who were serving when captured by the Japanese, bearing in...
asked the Prime Minister whether, before any agreement committing this country to any form of joint defence, involving armaments or other aspect of the national defence policy is signed with any...
asked the Prime Minister whether those responsible for the official history of the last war will include in their writings the economic and financial consequences of the conflict on the life of...
asked the Prime Minister if he will consider the setting up of a Select Committee to examine existing negotiating machinery, with a view to seeing how the working of such machinery can be speeded up.
asked the Prime Minister if he will now state the policy of His Majesty's Government with regard to Palestine.
asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of the delay of a year in the negotiations between the Service Departments and the Treasury over the settlement of claims by service personnel, or their...
asked the Prime Minister whether he is now in a position to define the Government's wages and salaries policy; and which Minister is responsible for it.
asked the Prime Minister whether any conclusions have now been reached in regard to the areas of land to be retained and newly acquired by the Services.
asked the Chancellor at the Exchequer how much Britain paid in 1946 for the 97,500,000 lbs. of dried eggs and 16,000,000 lbs. of frozen eggs purchased in the U.S.A.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in view of the fact that the purchasing power of the £ has depreciated by about 50 per cent. since 1938, if he will consider giving an additional...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will consider allowing personal presents, sent from relatives in Canada to people in this country, to be admitted free of Purchase Tax if customs...
asked the Chancellor of he Exchequer if he will omit Purchase Tax from the work of Service artists when sold for the benefit of Service charities.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will state, at the latest available date, the amount raised in the financial year 1946–47 in National Savings; and what was the actual benefit to...
May I ask the acting Leader of the House when it is proposed to take the Report stage of the Money Resolution in connection with the Transport Bill?
Order for Second Reading read.
Considered in Committee.
Resolution reported: That, for the purposes of any Act of the present Session to provide, amongst other things, for the establishment of a British Transport Commission, it is expedient to...
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. Pearson.]
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