Iau, 3 Ebrill 1947
The House met at Eleven o'Clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Read a Second time; to be considered upon Tuesday, 15th April.
"to confer further powers upon the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of the Borough of Luton with reference to the repairing of private streets; and for other purposes," presented, read the First...
asked the Minister of Education if he has reached a decision with respect to the handing over of a portion of Shorehampton West camp to the Bristol education authority, with a view to its use as...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether decisions reached at the International Trade Conference at Geneva will be published for discussion before being implemented.
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will withdraw the instructions that coupons must be surrendered for articles sold at jumble sales, bazaars, &c., in cases where such articles...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is satisfied that the Travel Association fully appreciate the importance of a knowledge of languages in staffing its new Tourist Information...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether the effect of the fuel crisis on production is yet sufficiently established for him to make a definite announcement of the period for which the...
asked the President of the Board of Trade why more than 1,000 British-made houses have recently been exported to Holland.
asked the President of the Board of Trade, why he has refused licences to import leather from Canada and at the same time sanctioned the purchase of shoes amounting to over 500,000 dollars.
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will revise the recent decisions as to the allocation of newsprint so that the increases granted to the daily newspapers shall apply pari passu...
asked the President of the Board of Trade the present position regarding the supply of glycerine to chemists' shops.
asked the President of the Board of Trade, now that the experiments at the Wye Mill, Shaw, have been stopped because the Oldham Cardroom Association objected to time and motion study among the...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power the policy of the Government towards the development of low temperature carbonisation of coal; and if he will make a statement.
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power why his Department has seen fit to deplete the reserve of coal held at Crown Street, Carlisle, and has allocated the same to firms outside the area when the...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power what discrepancies there are between the agreement recntly made between the Coal Board and the National Union of Mineworkers concerning the five-day week and...
Mr. De la Bèere: asked the Minister of Fuel and Power whether in view of the fact that low-grade coal was exported in considerable quantities to Holland and other places on the Continent...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power what meteorological and other reasons determine his allocation of only 34 cwt. of coal a year to each householder in the south of England as compared with 50...
Mr. Baldwin: asked the Minister of Fuel and Power whether he is aware that the restoration of the land at Wentworth Woodhouse is not being carried out in a proper manner; and what steps he...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power whether, in view of his assurance regarding the victimisation of employees on the resumption of work after the recent industrial crisis, he will consider...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power how much coalmining machinery and how many mechanical coal cutters have been produced during the most recent convenient statistical period; and what...
Mr. Vane: asked the Minister of Fuel and Power what will be the amount of coal saved by cutting summer railway services by 10 per cent. and by reducing miners' allowance of free coal by 10 per...
asked the Prime Minister if, in considering the import of coal, he will examine the possibility of obtaining some from Poland, whose coal exports in 1946 were nearly twice as much as those of...
Mr. De la Bère: asked the Minister of Transport whether, in view of the prevailing practice of vessels belonging to neutral nations taking supplies of bunker coal from this country instead of...
Mr. Baldwin: asked the Minister of Works whether he is aware that, owing to a shortage of fuel, Messrs. Lloyds' Tile Company Limited, Withington, Hereford, will be compelled to close down and...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power if, in view of the proposed railway cuts this summer, he will increase the petrol ration for public and private motor-vehicle users in rural areas.
asked the Prime Minister what staff will be provided for the Chief Planning Officer; and if he proposes to appoint an agricultural consultant.
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power if he will do all in his power to provide the poles and other equipment so that the Buckrose Light and Power Company, Limited, can supply electrical energy to...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power the present position with regard to the use of lifts in blocks of flats, etc., especially where old or infirm people may live, or families with young children.
asked the Minister of Labour what increase of labour there has been in the textile industry in the first three months of this year.
asked the Minister of Labour, how many Poles are now working in the mines.
asked the Minister of Labour what proportion of the decrease of 80,000 in the number of persons employed in public service prescribed for 1947 by paragraph 128 of Cmd. 7046 had been achieved by...
asked the Minister of Labour what proportion of the increase of 50,000 in the labour force in building and civil engineering prescribed for 1947 in paragraph 128 of Cmd. 7046 had been achieved by...
asked the Minister of Labour how long it will take to obtain a final decision from the conciliation machinery in the case of the dispute at Messrs. Gardeners, Eccles.
asked the Minister of Labour how many men have been refused re-employment after the general resumption of work at the end of the fuel crisis in the Manchester area.
asked the Minister of Labour what is the estimated proportion of the total working population of the country employed otherwise than in Government or local government offices in the execution,...
asked the Minister of Labour what is the present average age of the labour force engaged in the agricultural industry; and what is the annual wastage therefrom.
asked the Minister of Labour how many Poles, displaced persons, German prisoners of war, German ex-prisoners of war, Italian prisoners of war and Italian ex-prisoners of war, respectively, are...
Mr. Norman Smith: asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what has been the total increase of cost to the Treasury, to the end of 1946, by reason of the banks having transferred from Treasury...
asked the Secretary to the Treasury when it is intended to bring into force the provisions of the Statutory Instruments Act.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what information, of a general character, he has of the numbers of juveniles attending greyhound racetracks; and whether he is now in a...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he is aware that Mr. Simon Groshut, who served in the British Army and was for four years a prisoner of war in Germany, has now received an...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether a circular has been sent to magistrates about the effect on maintenance allowances under paternity orders of the fact that...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make it clear that amateur football clubs such as those connected with works, youth movements, etc., may play their games at any...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he is aware that Section 35 of the Road Traffic Act, 1930, imposes disqualification from driving for 12 months unless the Court for...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will consider modifying the existing regulations which require parents within the Empire wishing to adopt a child from this country...
asked the Secretary for the Home Department whether he proposes to institute an inquiry into the conditions obtaining at the Standon Farm school before the crime of 15th February was committed.
asked the Minister of Health if dentists employed in the public service are eligible to serve on the local dental committees being set up under the national health Acts.
asked the Minister of Health why it is necessary to make radio appeals for streptomycin for urgent cases of illness; and why, if the supplies of this drug are limited, they are not retained...
asked the Minister of Agriculture what steps he proposes to take to avoid or minimise the effects of any possible future flooding of the Severn; and whether, in this connection, he will convene a...
asked the Minister of Works if he is aware that the continued requisitioning of 21, Portland Place, London, W.1, for office purposes is compelling the lessee to occupy the flat over the garage in...
asked the Minister of Food if he is aware that, recently, peaches were bought retail in South Africa at 3d. each and plums at 6d. per lb.; that quantities of this fruit were loaded into a ship...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if steps have been taken at the Conference of Foreign Ministers in Moscow to raise with the Government of the U.S.S.R. the question of granting...
asked the Minister of Food whether he is satisfied that the stocks of tea existing in this country, together with recent contracts with India and Ceylon, are sufficient to maintain the present...
In view of the exceptional course which the Gold Coast murder case has taken and the public concern that has been shown in regard to it, I desire to make a statement regarding procedure in...
I will, with permission, make a further statement about agricultural losses due to snow, frost and floods, and the steps which the Government are taking to assist farmers to recover as soon and...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. R. J. Taylor.]
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