Llun, 28 Ebrill 1947
The House met at Half past Two o'Clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
asked the Minister of Supply (1) if he will indicate the type of priority that has been given to electric power plant and power house construction; how many hours a day are worked; and how many...
asked the Minister of Supply what increases in the supplies of wire for baling hay and straw have been arranged this year as compared with last year; and how much of the additional supply is...
asked the Minister of Supply what action is being taken to deal with the large dump of motor tyres at Madeley, near Crewe; if he is aware that manufacturers of civil engineering equipment and...
asked the Minister of Supply if he will make a statement on the iron, steel and tinplate industries in Wales; and, in particular, on the future development of the Margam Project and of Messrs....
asked the Minister of Supply when he expects to be able to make an announcement as to the Government's plans for taking over the steel industry.
asked the Minister of Supply whether he is aware that, at the Mount Farm Depot, near Dorchester on Thames, there are hundreds of mobile R.E.M.E. workshops as well as mobile generators rapidly...
asked the Minister of Supply what is the estimated proportion of railings removed during the war that were used; and what is going to be done with those still in stock.
asked the Minister of Supply if he will issue a statement showing the stocks of cotton, wool, rubber, tin, zinc, lead and timber, both in weight and value, on 1st January, 1947, as compared with...
asked the Minister of Supply whether priority for the supply of steel has been given to manufacturers of agricultural tractors, machinery and spare parts and to structural engineers for the...
asked the Minister of Works the number of houses, flats and hotels in the Kensington area which are still under requisition by Government Departments.
asked the Minister of Works whether he is now in a position to make a statement on the position of hollow clay blocks in view of the fact that the production for housing is only about half the...
asked the Minister of Works what steps he is taking to see that lack of fuel to brickworks does not prevent the manufacture of an adequate supply of tile drains.
asked the Minister of Works if he is taking steps to restore bird sanctuaries in the Royal Parks and to appoint bird observers.
asked the Minister of Works how long he will take to repair the Nash houses in Regent's Park.
asked the Under-Secretary of State for India whether any date has been fixed on which members of Indian services must be serving in order to qualify for compensation; and if he will make...
asked the UnderSecretary of State for India if he will make a statement regarding the security of the pensions of the Bengal Government's non-Asiatic servants.
asked the Under-Secretary of State for Burma whether, in arranging for the retirement of the Secretary of State's services, suitable provisions will be made to safeguard the interests of Class I...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what progress has been made in setting up the International Refugee Organisation to deal with the 750,000 displaced persons in Europe.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will consider the appointment of a shipping attaché to the Scandinavian countries.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the obligations set out in the second sentence of Article V of the Anglo-Soviet Treaty of Alliance are now binding on the parties, either...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if the order to General MacArthur to begin the removal of Japanese industrial equipment and material as reparations, issued by the U.S. Government...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what political machinery exists or is employed to secure equitable distribution of the waters of the Nile amongst the countries directly affected,...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if, in view of the international agreements providing for the release or repatriation of prisoners of war taken in custody after the recent war by...
Lady Grant: asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if the children born to the Soviet wives of British Servicemen are considered to be British subjects.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will report on the findings of the Special Technical Committee set up by the General Assembly resolution in connection with...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if the date for the withdrawal of British Forces from Greece has yet been fixed.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs how many war criminals were hanged in the British zone in Germany in the months of January, February, and March, and up to the latest date in...
asked the Prime Minister whether the views expressed by the President of the Board of Trade at Geneva on 11th April, 1947, now represent the export policy of His Majesty's Government.
asked the Minister of Agriculture what steps are being taken to bring about the cultivation of an increased number of allotments.
asked the Minister of Agriculture what quantity of seed potatoes are available; and how this figure compares with the last year.
asked the Minister of Agriculture how many dispossessed farmers have not received and are not receiving rent; and, in view of the fact that many of them cannot afford to employ a solicitor or a...
asked the Minister of Agriculture what success has attended the scheme operating in Wiltshire by which two 12-bore cartridges are issued in exchange for every grey squirrel tail delivered to the...
asked the Minister of Agriculture if, where hill farmers have lost sheep and suffered deterioration in their flocks through malnutrition, he will introduce a scheme for the provision of extra...
asked the Minister of Agriculture at what figure he assesses the labour force necessary to bring in the 1947 harvest; and what steps he is taking to see that this force is available.
Mr. De la Bère: asked the Minister of Agriculture whether, in view of the fact that the Government grants to agriculturists for sowing reclaimed fields where the land has been flooded do not...
asked the Minister of Agriculture what quantities and what varieties of grass seed are being imported into this country from the dollar countries and why.
asked the Minister of Agriculture what plans he has for the future of seed production in this country.
asked the Minister of Agriculture, in view of the loss of sheep flocks in this country, what steps he is taking to increase the stock of sheep; and if he will consider an increase in the price of...
asked the Minister of Agriculture if he is aware that the supply of farm machinery available for hire by county A.E.Cs. is inadequate in several districts, and that much of the machinery is in...
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether, in view of the increasing number of cases of fowl pest in the United Kingdom and the seriousness of the disease, he has now decided to stop the import...
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether his attention has been drawn to the distressing plight of flood victims at Allerton Byewater, Bentley Toll Bar and Selby and district; and whether he...
asked the Minister of Agriculture from what date the Seed Import Board will cease to function, in view of the fact that the Board was formed purely for wartime activities, and of the wide...
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether the necessary instructions have now been issued to A.E.Cs. to enable them to approve grants under the Hill Farming Act.
asked the Minister of Agriculture what is the extent of the damage done to farm buildings by the recent gales.
asked the Minister of Agriculture if he is in a position to state how many acres are to be sown to linseed in 1947; and what improvement this is on the known acreage in 1946.
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is aware that there is a considerable number of Case, Oliver and other imported tractors lying in the Palace of Industry at Wembley which cannot be...
Mr. Ivor Owen Thomas: asked the Minister of Agriculture if he has considered the representations from local authorities in Shropshire arising from a conference held at Shrewsbury on Tuesday,...
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is aware that agricultural engineers in Yorkshire have not yet received their December and January allocation of timber; that repairs to farm carts...
Mr. Vane: asked the Minister of Agriculture by what approximate percentage he considers the cost of planting, establishing and maintaining young plantations has increased since 1939.
Mr. Paton: asked the Minister of Agriculture if he will give in tons the landings of white fish at all British ports for the six months periods ended on 31st March, for the years 1939, 1946 and 1947.
(by Private Notice) asked the Minister of Transport whether he has any statement to make on the tragic loss of the s.s. "Samtampa" which was wrecked on 23rd April off Sker Bay, Glamorgan, and...
I want to ask a question of the acting Leader of the House about Business today in respect of the Transport Bill. In view of the number of Amendments that are on the Order Paper—I...
Proceedings on the Transport Bill exempted, at this day's Sitting, from the provisions of the Standing Order (Sittings of the House) for Two hours after Ten o'clock.—[Mr. Arthur Greenwood.]
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I beg to move, in page 13, line 30, to leave out from "undertaking," to the end of the Clause. This is a drafting Amendment, and is linked with an Amendment which I propose to move later to...
rose—
I beg to move, in page 31, line 28, after "and," to insert: (subject to the provisions of the Section of this Act (Additional compensation to local authorities). In Committee upstairs, when we...
Amendment made. In page 40, line 32, leave out from "not," to the end of line 33.—[Mr. Barnes.]
I beg to move, in page 53, line 32, at the end, to insert: Provided that where the vehicle is a trailer (other than a superimposed trailer) paragraph (a) of this subsection shall have effect as...
I beg to move, in page 64, line 37, to leave out paragraph (b), and to insert: (b) Compensation shall be payable in respect of the cessation of business, and such compensation shall equal a sum...
I beg to move, in page 77, line 8, after the second "section", to insert: and the section of this Act (Right to require acquisition of undertakings providing port facilities). Hon. Members will...
I beg to move, in page 79, tine 14, at the end, to insert: (b) In subsection (1) of section twenty-one (which authorises the tribunal to appoint officers or servants) the words 'and not exceeding...
I beg to move, in page go, line 29, at the end, to insert "or order." This Amendment is necessary in view of the two new Clauses, which I shall move later, with regard to canal carriers and port...
Amendment made: In page 91, line 16, after "scheme," insert "or order."—[Mr. Barnes.]
I beg to move, in page 96, line 27, after "scheme," to insert "or order," This and the following two Amendments are consequential.
I beg to move, in page 102, line 41, at the end, to add: (3) Any order by the Minister giving effect to the transfer to the Commission or any other body of the whole or part of a canal carrier...
I beg to move, in page 103, line 3, after "section," to insert: or under any such provision of an order as is mentioned in subsection (3) of the last preceding section. This is consequential on...
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I beg to move, in page 113, line 30, at the end, to insert: borrow,' in relation to the Commission or any other body, does not include— (a) the receipt of money by the Commission or that...
(1) Where— (a) a person who, on the twenty-eighth day of November, nineteen hundred and forty-six, was carrying on a canal carrier undertaking on an inland waterway (hereinafter in this...
Resolved; "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. Pearson.]
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