Iau, 15 Mai 1947
The House met at Half past Two o'Clock
"to empower the London County Council to execute street and other works and acquire lands in the Metropolitan borough of Hammersmith; and for other purposes," presented, and read the First time;...
"to alter the constitution of the Commissioners for the Newhaven and Seaford Sea Defence Works; to extend their powers for the construction repair and protection of sea defence works; to make...
asked the Minister of Health the process of selection of chairmen of Rent Restriction Tribunals; and whether he is satisfied that it is adequate to ensure a wise choice.
asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that Messrs. Laceys (Hounslow), Ltd., who obtained a contract with the Easthampstead Rural District Council to build 16 permanent houses in...
asked the Minister of Health, in view of the importance of home food production and the necessity for maintaining the labour force on the land, if he will allocate additional houses to the rural...
asked the Minister of Health under what authority council housing committees impose standard layouts for the front gardens of council houses.
asked the Minister of Health what is the number of traditional houses approved as a programme for the Barnstaple Rural District Council for the current year.
asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that there is an urgent need for new council houses in Wilbarston and in neighbouring villages; that the Kettering Rural District Council...
asked the Minister of Health if he is satisfied that the present scales of remuneration and conditions of service in the nursing profession reach the standard at which recruitment of nursing...
asked the Minister of Health whether he is satisfied that the number of day nurseries provided by local authorities is adequate to meet the needs of all the women who respond to the Government's...
asked the Minister of Education why no reply has been received by the hon. Member for Orpington to a letter addressed to his Department, dated 13th January, 1947, about buildings in Jail Lane, Cudham.
asked the Minister of Education if it is his intention to re-establish the National Fitness Council; and what steps he intends to take other than through local education authorities to encourage...
asked the Minister of Education whether, in view of the fact that the nation has been summoned to a day of National Prayer on 6th July, and that the two Archbishops and the Moderator of the Free...
asked the Minister of Education by what means he proposes to ensure that a substantial proportion of uncertificated teachers may commence their one-year college course this year; and whether he...
asked the Minister of Education whether he will request education authorities to increase the instruction about the British Empire and Commonwealth given in schools.
asked the Minister of Education whether he will reduce the maximum numbers allowed in primary classes from 40 to 30, partly on the educational merits of the case and partly to attract larger...
asked the Minister of Education how many ex-Servicemen have been accepted for emergency training colleges; how many are now waiting to enter such colleges; and how many will have to wait another...
Mrs. Manning: asked the President of the Board of Trade if he is aware that it is impossible to buy wool for babies' layettes in Leyton, Walthamstow or Chingford; and if he will immediately...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will remove coupon requirements from purchases of plastic garments until there is a general certainty of their proving satisfactory in wear.
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that the large quantities of British agriculutural machinery exported to Austria are not required in that country as this machinery...
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he is aware that Poland exports considerable quantities of coal to Sweden, but does not require to import timber; and if, in the course of the...
Lieut.-Colonel Sir William Allen: asked the President of the Board of Trade if he is aware of the unequal treatment of the linen trade in Northern Ireland as compared with other parts of the...
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he is aware that a large number of building materials, including timber and lead, are being offered for disposal by the North Eastern Trading Estates,...
asked the President of the Board of Trade for what reason it is proposed to reduce the present import duty on gloves, having regard to the fact that all other countries importing gloves have a...
asked the Minister of Labour what percentage of unemployed persons on the Scottish register represents disabled persons; and what percentage capable of light work only.
asked the Minister of Labour if he will make a statement on the operation in industry of extended double-shift working, which was recommended two months ago as a method of coping with the...
asked the Minister of Labour when the hon. Member for Huntingdon may expect a reply to his letter of 29th April concerning Mr. Albert Jones who was a ballottee for the mines and who, when it was...
asked the Minister of Labour the number of men from the Polish Resettlement Corps who had been found civilian employment by the last available date; and the number still serving in that corps.
asked the Minister of Labour if he is taking any steps to intervene in the unofficial strike of London Co-operative Society milk roundsmen, which is affecting supplies to 600,000 customers in the...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he will make a statement about the causes and settlement of the strike at the Billingsgate fish market.
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power if he has considered the representations forwarded to him by the hon. Member for Maldon with regard to the inadequacy and irregularity of coal deliveries at...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power, if, in view of the abuse of the Coal Distribution Order, 1943, sales in small quantities and the consequent inability of merchants to supply their registered...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power what request has been made by His Majesty's Government to the European Coal Organisation for permission to purchase coal from any country whose exports are...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power the production of electrical energy in the London area; and what quantity is brought in from the grid and sent out to the grid.
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power what will be the capacity of the new electricity generating station at Poplar.
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power, what guidance or instructions he proposes to issue to the medical profession in connection with the granting of medical certificates allowing the use of gas...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power if he will make a statement regarding the present position of the conversion from coal to oil programme; and if permits are still being granted for this purpose.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department why difficulties are put in the way of Swiss citizens applying for visas to enable them to spend a holiday in this country; and if he will...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what progress is being made by the Boundary Commissioners in the preparation of schemes under the Redistribution of Seats Act, 1947.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he has considered the proposals put before him by the Football Association with the object of avoiding mid-week football in next...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department on whose instructions and for what purpose a police officer at Marble Arch at 11 a.m. on 3rd May inspected the national registration cards and...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the present policy as regards prison labour.
On a point of Order. In view of the fact that the Prime Minister was unavoidably absent at Question time and that hon. Members who had Questions down for answer by the right hon. Gentleman were...
May I ask the acting Leader of the House if he will state the Business for next week?
Motion made, and Question put, That the Proceedings on the National Service Bill be exempted, at this day's Sitting,
[4TH ALLOTTED DAY]
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a sum, not exceeding £2,060,864, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the charge which will come in course of payment...
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. William Whiteley.]
Considered in Committee. [Progress. 9th May.]
Amendment proposed; In page 14, line 21, after the word "absent," to insert, "without leave or."—[Mr. Manningham-Buller.]
I beg to move, in page 14, line 22, to leave out "twenty-eight," and to insert "fourteen." 10.30 p.m. I thought it necessary to say a little about this when replying to the hon. and learned...
I beg to move, in page 16, line 18, at the end, to insert: and for the word third,' there shall be substituted the word 'thirtieth'. I can put the argument for this Amendment very shortly. In...
I beg to move, in page 19, line 6, to leave out: to be selected by the Minister. The point is a short but I think an important one. Those who have drafted the innumerable details of this Bill...
Amendments made: In page 20, line 11 column 3, at the end, insert: In Section eight, the words 'of a tribunal' in both places where they occur.Section ten.
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn." —[Mr. Michael Stewart.]
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