Mawrth, 6 Mai 1947
The House met at Half past Two o'Clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Read a Second time, and committed.
Address for Return showing the total number of electors on the register now in force in each Parliamentary Constituency in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and in each Local Government Area in...
asked the Minister of Labour what steps have been taken to improve the machinery of negotiation in industrial disputes, particularly in securing its operation at the beginning of a dispute.
asked the Minister of Labour the registered numbers of unemployed males and females in Macclesfield and Congleton at the latest convenient date.
asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that school leavers in rural areas are seriously prejudiced by the fact that no provision has yet been made for maintenance grants to apprentices...
asked the Minister of Labour whether displaced persons, including Poles now in the Polish Resettlement Corps, have to submit to political screening before being accepted for employment in British...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that the illegal road haulage strike that occurred during the week ended 12th January, 1947, was largely organised and encouraged by the...
asked the Minister of Labour what has been the response from industry and the trade unions to the Government's request for staggering working hours.
asked the Minister of Labour if he is aware that some firms are dismissing youths from their employ a few months before they are liable to report for national service; and if he will take steps...
asked the Minister of Labour what steps he proposes to take over the ultimatum which is being given to some trawler owners that crews will not be allowed to sail unless all join a trade union.
asked the Minister of Labour the number of miners, ex-miners willing to return to the mines and unplaced mining trainees who are registering as unemployed in Ayrshire.
asked the Minister of Labour if he will give the number of disabled persons registered in Scotland under the Disabled Persons Employment Act, 1944; and the number of these at present unemployed.
asked the Minister of Labour whether in view of the unemployment among joiners in the Falmouth area, he will consult with the other Departments concerned to provide work in the dockyard.
asked the Minister of Labour whether he will arrange for all home-water fishermen to receive the same consideration regarding call-up as near and middle-water trawlermen.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will review the salaries paid to the agricultural members of the Scottish Land Court.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he will consider introducing legislation for the purpose of making venereal disease a notifiable disease under the appropriate-Act.
Lieut.-Commander Clark Hutchison: asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether, in view of the fact that 45 Manor Place, Edinburgh, was purchased two years ago by its present owner for the...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what arrangements have been made by the Herring Industry Board for the marketing of next season's herring catches; and whether contracts have been...
Lady Grant: asked the Secretary of State for Scotland when he expects to reach a decision concerning the recognition of uncertificated teachers and what steps are to be taken to assist such...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give figures to show whether juvenile delinquency in Scotland is increasing or decreasing.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many new classrooms are required in Ayrshire as a result of the raising of the school-leaving age; how many have been provided; and how many are...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he proposes to give effect to the recommendations of the Cameron Committee on Legal Air and Legal Advice in Scotland.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what will be the effect of the fuel crisis upon the 1947 housing programme for Scotland.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland the dates on which goods and mails have been landed at Fair Isle since the s.s. "Good Shepherd" was wrecked.
asked the Minister of Pensions if he will consider making grants of unemployability supplement an appealable issue to the Pensions Appeal Tribunal.
asked the Minister of Pensions how many men and women, respectively, have been dismissed, after due notice, from his Department in Blackpool on the grounds of inefficiency since 1st January,...
asked the Minister of Pensions when ex-Sergeant Hawkins, Ref. No. M2/272759 will have his case reviewed in the light of the Minister's statement of 25th July, 1946, as promised in his letter of...
Sir: Ian Fraser asked the Minister of Pensions if he is aware that extra nourishment is recommended by a consensus of medical opinion for men who have suffered from vitamin deficiencies while...
asked the Secretary of State for War the number of railway transport officers and their staff employed in each of the London main-line railway stations.
asked the Secretary of State for War for what reason 14289339 B.I. Private Yusof, has been refused permission to re-enlist in the Army, in view of the fact that he is medically fit and it not...
asked the Secretary of State for War if he is aware that no start has yet been made to re-sweep the minefield at Par Beach, Cornwall; and when the special party referred to in his letter of 25th...
asked the Secretary of State for War why he has now decided not to publish information about the numbers and proportion of men of the Army intake posted to each arm of the Service.
asked the Secretary of State for War if he will now release to the local authority, for housing purposes, the camp at Raynes Park, recently occupied by German prisoners of war, and about which...
asked the Secretary of State for War what are the current instructions regarding men desiring to report sick; and whether it is in accordance with those instructions that men at 2 P.T.C.,...
Lieut.-Colonel Geoffrey Clifton-Brown: asked the Secretary of State for War why it has become necessary to recondition and re-equip Fornham Park Camp, Bury St. Edmund's, which has stood derelict...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will give an estimate of the sums of money spent in Egypt during 1946 and the first quarter of 1947, respectively, by the Foreign Office, the Board of...
Mr. Baker White: asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer which clauses of the Anglo-U.S. loan agreement compel Britain to expend a portion of the loan on the purchases of fresh fruit and...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) whether officers and men of the Merchant Navy at sea are given code numbers for Pay As You Earn; or how are the assessments made; (2) whether officers...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether agreement has yet been reached with the U.S.A. regarding the financing of purchases by this country of Japanese products.
Mr. E. P. Smith: asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what he estimates to be the sum received annually by the U.S. film industry from exhibition in Great Britain; and to what extent this is...
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury what is the official rate of exchange for the sterling in Japanese yen as applicable to British troops stationed in Japan.
asked the Secretary to the Treasury whether he is aware that, in consequence of a change by the Inland Revenue Department in the manner in which deeds requiring to be stamped are dealt with in...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will give instructions for the general adoption in Statutory Rules and Orders of the practice already introduced in some Departments whereby...
Mr. Derek: Walker-Smith asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is aware that British authors have great difficulty in securing the payment of royalties due to them in respect of their...
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury how many prosecutions have been instituted by the Stationery Office in respect of breaches of the copyright in Basic English purchased by the...
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury how much paper has been put by His Majesty's Stationery Office at the disposal of the National Coal Board for the purpose of the latter's...
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury the average annual pension paid to each grade of civil servant; is the actual deduction from salary or nominal proportion of salary regarded as...
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he is now in a position to give a decision on claims for improved pay for permanent and temporary clerical workers in the Civil Service, in...
asked the President of the Board of Trade for what reason he permitted the export of 19 big transformers and two electric power-houses to U.N.R.R.A. during 1947.
asked the President of the Board of Trade what inspections are carried out by his Department to maintain the usual high quality of British goods for export.
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will state the totals of home grown and imported hardwood allocated to the furniture manufacturing industry in the first quarter of 1947 as...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he proposes to abolish renter's quota in regard to British films; and on what grounds he bases his decision.
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware of the acute shortage of perambulators in the township of Barrow-in-Furness; and if he will arrange to increase the supply.
Mr. E. P. Smith: asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that the Italian book-printing industry has experienced a remarkable revival; and whether he will render it...
(by Private Notice)asked the Minister of Fuel and Power whether he can now make a statement regarding the relaxation of the Control of Fuel (Restriction of Heating) Order, 1947.
May I ask the Leader of the House if he will tell us what are the Government's intentions regarding the Business for today, in the event of the Motion on the Order Paper being carried?
Motion made, and Question put, That the Proceedings on Government Business be exempted, at this day's Sitting,
Resolution reported: That, for the purposes of any Act of the present Session to confine the operation of the National Service Acts to male British subjects and to service in the armed forces of...
Considered in Committee.
I beg to move, in page 1, line 9, to leave out "eighteen," and to insert "twenty-one."
Considered in Committee under Standing Order No. 69. (King's Recommendation signified.)
Considered in Committee, under Standing Order No. 69.—(King's Recommendation signified.)
Resolved: That the Order made by the Secretary of State for the Home Department extending Section I of the Sunday Entertainments Act, 1932, to the Borough of Bedford, a copy of which Order was...
11.50 p.m.
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."— [Mr. Collindridge.]
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