Iau, 8 Mai 1947
The House met at Half past Two o'Clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
On a point of Order. With great respect, Mr. Speaker, may I ask you whether your attention has been called to the fact that the Order Papers for today were available to hon. Members only about 25...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether, in view of the recent decision of Lord Merriman in Apt, otherwise Magnus versus Apt, he will introduce legislation to make it clear...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he is aware of the indignation created by refusing to confirm the appointment of the deputy chief constable of Salford to be chief...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what are the reduced physical standards that have been laid down for recruits for the Metropolitan Police; whether, in spite of this, the...
Mr. E. P. Smith: asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what official means exist of providing for the dependants in necessitous circumstances of citizens who may have been gravely...
Mr. E. P. Smith: asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he is aware that the public is concerned at the alarming increase in cases of robbery or attempted robbery with violence...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he is aware that, owing to the impossibility of obtaining dwelling accommodation, many county constabularies are unable to provide...
Mr. E. P. Smith: asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department in how many cases of robbery with violence since 1st January, 1947, punishment by flogging has been ordered.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the annual report of the Racecourse Betting Control Board will be published; and for what reason the publication has been delayed.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he is aware that natives of Northern Ireland, who had been absent from that area prior to January, 1940, have since their return been...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (I1) whether he will publish the evidence given before the Gowers Committee on Shop Hours and make it available to Members of this House; (2)...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will now make a statement with regard to dietary punishment in Borstal institutions.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department when, and by whom, application was made for an examination of the mental condition of Thomas John Ley, recently under sentence of death.
Mr. William: Shepherd asked the Minister of Health if he has given consideration to the statement made by Mr. Michael Marcus, chairman of the East London Rent Tribunal, that applicants to that...
asked the Minister of Health if he has now considered the housing programme for 1947 in the light of the industrial dislocation caused by the fuel crisis; and what effect this is likely to have...
asked the Minister of Health how many prefabricated houses were exported to Holland during 1946; and what was the cost per house.
asked the Minister of Health if he has yet considered whether it is expedient that an order be made under Section 16 of the Housing (Financial and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1946; and whether...
asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that licences granted to private builders for building new houses are often issued to cover several houses each; that in a number of cases where...
asked the Minister of Health what revision is contemplated in the basis of Annual Exchequer contributions as laid down in Sections 2, 3 and 4 of the Housing (Financial and Miscellaneous...
asked the Minister of Health if site costs are included as part of the ceiling prices imposed on new houses, both in London and in the provinces.
asked the Minister of Health if he contemplates further improvement in the pay and conditions of service of the nursing profession, with increased scales of pensions and a general advance in the...
asked the Minister of Health, in view of the shortage of women doctors, what additional facilities are being provided for training medical students.
asked the Minister of Health what progress he has made with regard to the manufacture and distribution of aural aid outfits at reasonable prices.
asked the Minister of Health what arrangements have been made centrally with those in control of the St. John Ambulance Brigade and the British Red Cross Society for the taking over or use of...
asked the Minister of Health if he is aware that the dead are lying unburied, streets remain uncleaned and public conveniences are closed in the City of London through unofficial strikes; and...
asked the Minister of Education what steps are being taken to improve recruitment for work in infant and nursery schools.
asked the Minister of Education how many students have completed a course of training in the teachers emergency training colleges since their inception; how many satisfied the examiners; and how...
asked the Minister of Education what special information is to be collected by teachers concerning their pupils; if he will ensure that the information is kept secret and up to what age it is to...
asked the Minister of Education if he is aware that a teacher in a London technical college, promoted to the new senior assistant scale on 1st April, 1945, was awarded a correct position...
asked the Minister of Education whether a local education authority when advertising for assistant teachers is acting in accordance with the policy of his Department in insisting on out-of-school...
asked the Minister of Education the rate of grant per child allotted by the Cardiff authority for children over the age of II years in unreorganised schools; and what is the comparative rate of...
asked the Minister of Education whether, in order to give the schoolchildren of Cardiff the benefits of free secondary education under the 1944 Act, he will consult with the Cardiff authority...
asked the Minister of Education what percentage of 12-year old boys educated under the national system will, during the current term, be learning French. German and Latin, respectively.
asked the Minister of Education what percentage of 12-year-old boys educated under the national system will, during the current term, be educated on a curriculum which will enable them to succeed...
asked the Minister of Education what was the intake of teachers into the schools under his control during January, February and March, respectively.
asked the Minister of Education the present average size of, the classes in the schools under his control and the estimated increase as a result of the raising of the school age.
asked the Minister of Education what extra allowances he is granting to British teachers now in the U.S.A., under an exchange arrangement, in view of the rapidly rising cost of living in the U.S.A.
asked the Minister of Labour what steps are taken to inquire into the causes of all illegal strikes.
asked the Minister of Labour how many ex-officers and other ranks were registered as unemployed at the latest convenient date.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will now make a statement regarding the recent visit paid to Cairo by British financial experts; and if the negotiations which took place were secret.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he is aware that under the 1947/48 system of Pay As You Earn, in which a number of codes are grouped together, the result in some cases is a sharp rise in...
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury what decision has now been reached about making up the pay of young civil servants called up to the Forces.
Mrs. Manning: asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury why ex-Servicemen are being required to sacrifice their postwar credits in order to liquidate arrears of income tax, due to wrong...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether his attention has been drawn to the drastic manner in which the Velasquez paintings in the National Gallery have been cleaned; and whether he will...
May I ask the Leader of the House if he will state the Business for next week, and at the same time any modification in the Business for tomorrow?
Motion made, and Question put, That the Proceedings on Government Business be exempted at this day's Sitting,
Considered in Committee [Progress, 7th May.]
3.50 p.m.
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the Clause stand part of the Bill."
I beg to move, in page 10, line 24, at the end, to insert: (2) The said Acts shall have effect as if at the end of Subsection (7) of Section six of the principal Act the following words were...
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the Clause stand part of the Bill."
7.15 p.m.
Amendments made:
8.45 p.m.
I beg to move, in page 13, line 13, after "that," to insert "any of." This and the next four Amendments are in connection with the application of the previous Measures to the Isle of Man.
I beg to move, in page 13, line 19, to leave out from the beginning, to the second "the," and to insert: No person who attains the age of eighteen years on or after. This is largely a drafting...
(1) The power conferred by section one of the Local Government Staffs (War Service) Act, 1939, to make payments to or in respect of a person ceasing to serve in his civil capacity in order to...
(1) If the employer of any person liable to be called upon to serve for a period of whole-time service terminates his employment without his consent before the date on which he is required to...
Resolved: "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. R. J. Taylor.]
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