Mercher, 14 Mai 1947
The House met at Half past Two o'Clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
The VICE-CHAMBERLAIN of the HOUSE-HOLD (Mr. MICHAEL STEWART) reported His Majesty's Answer to the Address, as followeth:
The VICE-CHAMBERLAIN of the HOUSE-HOLD reported His Majesty's Answer to the Address, as followeth:
"to confirm a Provisional Order made by the Minister of Transport under the Brighton Corporation (Transport) Act, 1938, relating to Brighton Corporation Trolley Vehicles," presented by Mr....
"to confirm a Provisional Order made by the Minister of Transport under the Mexborough and Swinton Tramways Act, 1926, relating to Mexborough and Swinton Traction Company's Trolley Vehicles,"...
"to confirm a Provisional Order of the Minister of Health relating to the Borough of Royal Tunbridge Wells," presented by Mr. Bevan; read the First time; and referred to the Examiners of...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty how many civilian workers are employed in Portsmouth dockyard; their annual cost to the taxpayer; and, in view of the fact that their work is...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty how many fishing trawlers are being constructed in British shipyards on foreign account; and how many of these trawlers are being purchased with...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty how many applications to join the R.N. Scientific Service have there been since 1st January, 1946; and how many of these have been accepted.
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty what steps have been taken to meet and reopen negotiations with the trade union representatives of the workers employed in His Majesty's...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty whether he will make a further statement on the reinstitution of the R.N. Reserve; and whether he will give an assurance that fishermen called...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty whether his attention has been drawn to the speech of Admiral Sir Geoffrey Layton Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth Command, on 8th May, 1947, in...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty what response he has had to the offer of short-service commissions in the education branch of the R.N.
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty the total number of candidates who presented' themselves for all types of entry to the R.N. Colleges, Dartmouth or Eaton, in 1941 and 1946,...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty on what duties is H.M.S. "Delhi" now employed.
asked the Postmaster-General for how long his Department undertook the Imperial Cable Service, and on what date it was handed over to the Cable and Wireless Company; and for what reasons.
Lieut.-Colonel Sir William Allen: asked the Postmaster-General the number of Crown post offices in each of the 12 largest cities or towns in the United Kingdom, giving the populations in each case.
asked the Postmaster-General whether he is aware of the many complaints being made concerning the delay in parcel post delivery to South Wales; and what steps he is taking to remedy this matter.
asked the Postmaster-General if, in view of the needs of the inhabitants of the locality, he will favourably consider the establishment of a Crown post office at Northville, Filton.
asked the Postmaster-General if he will consider the extension of the period of cheap telephone calls from 9.30 p.m. to 11.30 p.m.
asked the Postmaster-General the numbers of postmen, both permanent and temporary, employed by his Department on 20th October, 1946, 10th January, 1947, and 20th April, 1947, respectively.
asked the Secretary of State for Air whether he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT a statement of the total number of enemy aircraft shot down during the Battle of Britain, according to...
asked the Secretary of State for Air for what reason 715136 Corporal M. Nicholson, a West Indian, was not allowed to complete his studies in the R.A.F.; and what restrictions exist regarding the...
asked the Secretary of State for Air if he is satisfied that the majority of airmen serving in Malta consider that the reduction of the overseas tour compensates for the abolition of eligibility...
asked the Secretary of State for Air, why H.Q. Flying Training Command's order FTC/67462/4/P of 12th February, 1947, has been rescinded; and whether he is aware of the inequity of debasing the...
asked the Secretary of State for Air how the decision to cut the tea break for civilian employees at maintenance units from 15 to 10 minutes was arrived at; whether the workers were consulted;...
asked the Secretary of State for Air if he is aware that low night flying still continues over the city of Leicester, that workers are having their rest disturbed; and if he will take the...
asked the Secretary of State for Air the present number of education officers; and what is the required establishment.
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Civil Aviation whether he is aware that the method of priority allocations of air passage is causing inconvenience and dissatisfaction to...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Civil Aviation (1) if fully loaded Dakota aircraft can be operated on the Cardiff-Bristol-Southampton run, or what machines are to be...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will give an assurance that no decision establishing a combined German Government for the Western zones of Germany will be reached before...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will expedite the issue by the Passport Control Officer, Berlin, of a permit, which has been long delayed, to enable Fraulein Kaethe Alpers,...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what appointment in the Control Commission for Germany has been given to Mr. J. R. S. Middleton; what salary this appointment carries; and whether...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs how many patients there were in the municipal hospital at Bielefeld, Westphalia, Germany, in April, 1947, in need of penicillin to save life; for...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will consider instructing the British Mission in Greece to assist the development of consumers co-operatives in Greece and to supply...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what critical representations have been received in respect of British broadcasts on the European service from the U.S. representatives through...
asked the Prime Minister if the speech made by the Minister of Fuel and Power at Edinburgh on 5th May regarding women's voluntary organisations represents the policy of His Majesty's Government.
asked the Minister of Defence, what restrictions of colour, race or religion prevent British subjects from voluntary enlistment in any one of His Majesty's forces.
asked the Minister of Defence how the proportion of desertions during the recent war compares with that in the previous war.
Mr. Vane: asked the Minister of Defence when, in view of the rise in the cost of living, he intends to restore to all ex-officers whose retired pay was stabilised in 1935 at a level below that...
asked the Minister of Defence what are the food rations per head supplied weekly to the wives and children of British Services personnel at present resident in Germany; whether these rations...
asked the Minister of Food the loss to the British taxpayer incurred through Government control of imports which are unfit, or partially unfit, for human consumption, particularly of fruits.
asked the Minister of Food what action he has taken to ensure that extra supplies of rationed food are available in the borough of Stafford to meet the demands of the Polish troops who are...
asked the Minister of Food the total value of dead undressed table chickens and hens imported into this country on, and since, 9th February, 1947.
asked the Minister of Food what is the paid circulation of the monthly publication of his Department, "Food and Nutrition"; what is the cost in wages and salaries of the staff employed in its...
(by Private Notice) asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he is aware of the action of the Scottish Herring Producers' Association in organising a ban on the sale of herring landed by the...
Has the Leader of the House any pronouncement to make about tomorrow's Business?
[3RD ALLOTTED DAY]
Amendment proposed: In page 9, line 5, at the end, to insert: (3) If as the result of any objections or representations considered, or local inquiry or other hearing held, in connection with a...
Amendment made: In page 9, line 42, leave out "and," and insert "or."—[Mr. Silkin.]
I beg to move, in page 11, line 9, at the end, to insert: (b) In any county or part of a county in respect of which a development plan has for the time being not been made and approved under the...
Amendments made: In page 16, line 6, after "Act," insert: and, it so, whether such an application is required having regard to the provisions of the development order. In line 19, after "land,"...
Amendments made: In page 17, line 19, at end, insert: within the meaning of Section sixty-nine of this Act."—[Mr. Silkin.]
Amendments made: In page 19, line 28, leave out from "the," to "the," in line 30, and insert: value of the interest of any person in the land is less than it would have been if the permission had...
Amendments made: In page 23, line 28, after "permission," insert" required."
Amendments made: In page 25, line 13, at end, insert: upon any ground which could have been raised by such an appeal.
Amendments made: In page 27, line 29, at end, insert: and Section two hundred and seventy-six of the Public Health Act, 1936 (which empowers local authorities to sell materials removed in...
Amendments made: In page 31, line at end, insert: (b) for enabling that authority, where any such works have been executed in contravention of the order, to require the restoration of the...
Amendments made: In page 33. line 44, at beginning, insert: If any works are carried out in contra, vention of the provisions of Subsection (6) of this Section, the local planning authority may...
Amendments made: In page 36, tine 17, leave out "advertisement is displayed," and insert "person displays an advertisement."
Amendments made: In page 37, line 7, leave out from "Act," to "and," in line 9.
Amendment made: In page 39), line 23, leave out "been approved or made." and insert "become operative."—[Mr. Silkin.]
Amendments made: In page 39, line 34, leave out "for the purposes of the functions of," and insert "by."
Amendments made: In page 40, line 42, leave out from "acquisition," to end of line 10, page 41, and insert: by the appropriate local authority, then if the Minister is satisfied— (a) in the...
Amendments made; In page 42, line 46, leave out from "land," to "compulsorily," in line 47, and insert: (whether or not being land designated by a development plan as subject to compulsory...
Amendments made: In page 45, line ii, leave out from first "development," to second "development," and insert "on terms inclusive of any."
Amendments made: In page 47, line 23, leave out "its confirmation," and insert "the consideration of the order."
Amendment made: In page 51, line 38, leave out from "with," to "by," in line 39, and insert; planning permission granted under Part III of this Act."—[Mr. Silkin.]
Amendments made: In page 56, line 6, after "by," insert "the Central Land Board or any."
Amendments made: In page 6o, line 11, leave out "Provided that," and insert "(3)."
Amendment made: In page 6i, line 40, leave out Subsection (2), and insert: (2) In determining for the purposes of paragraph (b) of the foregoing Subsection whether the development value of an...
Amendments made: In page 62, line 6, leave out Subsection (2).
Amendments made: In page 66, line 3, at end, insert "or continuance."
Amendments made: In page 68, line 20, after the first "or," insert: of capital and interest combined, of as a series.
Amendment made: In page 72, line 37, leave out Subsection (5).—[Mr. Silkin.]
Amendments made: In page 74, line 44, after "effect," insert: (a) the value of any interest therein for the purposes of the assessment of the compensation payable under Part IV of this Act on the...
Amendments made; In page 76, line 26, after "works," insert "or use."
Amendments made; In page 77, line 35, at end insert: Provided that this Subsection shall not apply in relation to any development for which permission was required before the appointed day...
Amendments made: In page 80, line 22, after "submission," insert "or a building application."
Amendments made: In page 81, line 37, leave out "d," and insert: (3) Regulations made for the purposes of this Section shall provide for securing—(a).
Amendments made: In page 85, line 18, after "land," insert "an interest in which is."
Amendments made; In page 86, line 30, after "land," insert "compulsorily."
Amendments made: In page 89, line 13, leave out Subsection (1).
Amendment proposed: In page 93, line 32, leave out "other than," and insert: including land compulsorily acquired by virtue of the said section seventeen, but ex-chiding any."—[Mr. Silkin.]
Amendment made: In page 95, line 39, leave out "other."
Amendments made: In page 96, line 29, after "section," insert "twenty-seven or section."
Amendments made: In page 99, line 29, leave out "the said Part III," and insert "Part III of this Act."
Amendment made: In page 101, line 16, leave out Subsection (2).—[Mr. Silkin.]
Amendment made: In page 103, line 6, at end, insert: (2) Where the fee simple in any ecclesiastical property is in abeyance it shall be treated for the purposes of a compulsory purchase of the...
Amendment made: In page 104, line 29, after "regulations," insert: under this Act— (a) for prescribing the form of any notice, order or other document authorised or required by this Act to...
Amendments made: In page 105, line 4o, at end, insert "so much of."
Amendments made: In page 106., line 24, after "sections," insert "twenty-six."
Amendments made: In page 109, line 26, leave out from "is," to end of line 28, and insert: defined by a development plan as an area of comprehensive development.
Amendment made; In page 114, line 2, at end, insert: (2) This Act shall come into force on the appointed day:Provided that— (a) Sections two and three of this Act; and(b) the provisions of...
Amendments made: In page 115, line 30, leave out "Part II," and insert "Parts II and III."
Amendment made: In page 116, line 32, leave out "suspended," and insert "excluded or modified."—[Mr. Silkin.]
Amendment made: In page 119, line 36, after "not," insert "except with the consent of the undertakers."—[Mr. Silkin.]
Amendment made: In page 122, line 26; at end, insert: 6. Immediately after the order has been made, the Minister of Transport shall publish in the manner prescribed by paragraph r of this...
Amendments made: In page 122, line 33, at end, insert:
Amendments made: In page 133, line 29, column 3, after "Minister" insert "owner."
Amendments made: In page 136, line 9. leave out "finally determined," and insert "determined by that authority."
So much of the Lords Message [12th May] as relates to the appointment of a Committee on all Consolidation Bills and all Bills for re-enacting in the form in which they apply to Scotland the...
Resolved: That the Order made by the Secretary of State for the Home Department, extending Section 1 of the Sunday Entertainments Act, 1932, to the Urban District of Sandown-Shanklin, a copy of...
10.1 p.m.
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. R. J. Taylor.]
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