Mawrth, 20 Mai 1947
The House met at Half past Two o'Clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
PRESTON CORPORATION BILL,
Read a Second time, and committed.
asked the Minister of Pensions the total number of patients in Chapel Allerton Pensions Hospital, Leeds, at present; how many of those patients who are there under observation or for medical...
asked the Minister of Pensions, in view of the further facts sent to him concerning the pensions appeal of Mr. Alexander Johnston, late R.A.F., of Hayton, Aberdeen, if he will now have his case...
asked the Minister of Pensions how many men have been discharged from His Majesty's Forces with diabetes or balanitis which may have been diabetic in type; and in how many of these instances and...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that a corporal, released from the R.A.S.C., particulars of whom have been sent him, has been waiting for over 15 months for a supply of...
asked the Secretary of State for War the present position with regard to Regular officers wishing to leave the Army; and the number of resignations accepted in the last 12 months and on what grounds.
asked the Secretary of State for War what British troops, military establishments and military offices still remain in Italy, Greece and North Africa respectively.
asked the Secretary of State for War how many houses and buildings in this country are still under requisition by his Department; what is the necessity for their further retention; and when it is...
asked the Secretary of State for War how many Regular battalions it is proposed shortly to place in suspended animation; how these battalions are selected; for how long a time it is contemplated...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that soldiers are being held for six weeks at a transit camp near Calcutta, pending embarkation for the United Kingdom prior to release;...
asked the Secretary of State for War the present strength of the Army Educational Corps; and the required establishment.
asked the Secretary of State for War the present strength of the Army Cadet Force; and the maximum number allowed.
asked the Secretary of State for War what estimate he has of the quantity of iron and steel and barbed wire placed on the South coast beaches during the war and still unremoved; and what steps he...
asked the Secretary of State for War why the regimental orders of the 12/25 Field Regiment, R.A., B.A.O.R., recently carried a notification to the effect that writing to Members of Parliament was...
Mr. McKie: asked the Secretary of State for War if he will make a statement regarding the proposal to acquire permanently the 5,000-acre tank training ground at Netherlaw, near Kirkcudbright.
Mr. De la Bère: asked the Secretary of State for War whether, in connection with help which is to be given by men serving in the Army to assist agriculture during the 1947 harvest, those men...
asked the Secretary of State for War to what extent he intends the Army to be equipped with motor transport and armoured fighting vehicles of British manufacture; and when he anticipates that...
asked the Secretary of State for War the names of people who asked, and dates when his Department's representatives were asked, for the release of urgently required building materials contained...
asked the Secretary of State for War why he has decided to increase to 48 pages the size of the magazine, "Soldier," issued by his Department; what is the circulation of this publication and the...
asked the Secretary of State for War, what steps he proposes to take to provide the necessary accommodation for the number of permanent staff instructors that will be needed for training the T.A....
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware of the discontent which arises from the fact that men in this country on leave with only five or six weeks more to serve in the Army are...
asked the Secretary of State for War what proportion of the total Army grant is allocated to the T.A.
asked the Secretary of State for War, whether, in view of the importance attached to the role of the T.A., it is proposed to restore to the Director-General, T.A., the seat on the Army Council...
asked the Secretary of State for War (1) what total amount of tonnage of cereals will have to be imported into Tripolitania and Cyrenaica during the coming year; when it will be required; and...
asked the Secretary of State for War if, in view of misunderstandings and uncertainties among German prisoners, he will cause to be printed in German, and displayed on all prisoner-of-war camp...
asked the Secretary of State for War how many German prisoners of war were repatriated in March and April from this country and the Middle East, respectively.
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he will state the weekly pay of the German prisoners of war in Egypt as compared with the pay given to prisoners of war in this country for work done.
asked the Prime Minister whether he is now in a position to make a statement of the intention of His Majesty's Government to amend the conditions whereby Post Office workers, local government...
asked the Secretary of State for War when he will be in a position to supply figures giving the total value of food bought by N.A.A.F.I. in Germany for the years 1944–45 and 1945–46,...
asked the Prime Minister in respect of how many and what kinds of, new businesses it is first necessary to obtain a licence from a Government Department, and which; how many applications for such...
asked the Prime Minister what further steps are being taken to improve and energise the drive for production, the need for which was made so manifest in the Economic Survey, 1947.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proportion of the £300,000,000, shown in Cmd. 7099 as Government expenditure abroad during 1946, represents an expenditure of dollars.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what arrangements are in force between his Department and the Export Credits Guarantee Department to ensure that money allocated to its use is not employed...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer to what extent the shortage of stamped cheques is due to labour difficulties at the stamping office; and whether he will consider authorising the printers to...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much of the U.S. Loan to the United Kingdom was used during the first three months of 1947; what approximate amounts of this and other dollar credits...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will consider taking steps to prevent, after July of this year, sterling balances held by foreigners in this country from being, under certain...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer to whom the shares in the Bank for International Settlements, formerly held by Axis or Axis satellite central banks, have been transferred; and whether such...
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether he is satisfied with the present rules for discharge of temporary civil servants on the grounds of redundancy; and whether any permanent...
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether, in giving effect to those parts of the National Whitley Agreement affecting temporary civil servants, he takes into account the fact that...
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury whether perference is shown for ex-Service personnel in engaging employees for Government Departments and Government-controlled factories; and...
Mr. McKie: asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury when the bound index to HANSARD, Session 1945–46, will be available for the Library of this House.
asked the President of the Board of Trade why the allocation of yarn for the manufacture of healds for export has been stopped; and if he will alter this decision
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will now announce the number of clothing coupons that will be made available in September; and, in particular, the details of the special...
asked the President of the Board of Trade the total paper tonnage allocated during the last 12 months to the organisers of the railway company and Road Haulage Association campaign against...
asked the President of the Board of Trade what steps are being taken to increase, during the current season, the supply of timber from Finland which has vast resources of this commodity and is...
asked the Minister of Town and Country Planning if he is aware that the populations of London and Greater London are increasing at the rate of 45,000 persons a month; that the 1938 population...
asked the Minister of Town and Country Planning whether his attention has been called to the proposed use of the highly fertile Daccombe Valley as a housing estate by the borough of Torquay; and...
asked the Minister of National Insurance, in view of the fact that an old age pensioner, casually employed at 20S. per week and receiving 46s. a week in total, by working longer hours and earning...
asked the Minister of National Insurance if he will explain the practice of his Department in dealing with letters from old age pensioners complaining that they cannot obtain new pension books;...
asked the Minister of National Insurance where a contributor to national insurance ceases work on account of certified ill-health, whether his regulations entitle him to draw sickness benefit...
asked the Minister of Labour if he is aware that a considerable number of men and women over 45 years of age are unable to get work of any kind although they are in good health and often have...
asked the Minister of Labour whether in view of the number of discharge notices recently issued to personnel in the N.F.S. in the South Wales area, he will extend to such discharged personnel...
asked the Minister of Labour whether in view of the fact that a considerable number of prisoners of war are anxious to stay in this country as alien civilians in employment other than...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he is yet in a position to make a statement about the future of the restrictions which prevent aliens resident in this country from earning their living.
The following Question stood upon the Order Paper:
Proceedings on Consideration of Lords Amendments to the National Health Service (Scotland) Bill exempted, at this day's Sitting, from the provisions of the Standing Order (Sittings of the...
[ALLOTTED DAY]
Lords Amendments considered.
Lords Amendment: In page 9, line 13, after "fit" insert:
Lords Amendment: In page 13, line 46 at end, insert: and any other body or organisation which appears to the Board to be concerned
Lords Amendment: In page 17, line 6, at end, insert: the number of persons nominated under this sob-paragraph being, except in such circumstances as may be prescribed, equal to one half of the...
Lords Amendment: In page 17, line 28, leave out "services which local health," and insert "health services which local health or education."
Lords Amendment: In page 18. line 29, at the end, insert: or to the development of medical of surgical appliances including hearing aids.
Lords Amendment; In page 27, line 9, leave out from "for" to "in," and insert: securing a right to any person to choose or to change.
Lords Amendment: In page 39, line 17, after "section", insert: shall be informed, as soon as may be, of the substance of any charge or complaint to which the inquiry relates and.
Lords Amendment; In page 59, line 12, at end, insert: and at any stage in the proceedings in any such arbitration the arbiter may and shall if so directed by the Court of Session state a case for...
Resolved: That the Timber (Charges) (No. 9) Order, 1947 (S.R. amp;O., 1947, No. 748), dated 24th April, 1947, made by the Treasury under Section z of the Emergency Powers (Defence) Act, 1939, and...
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. Snow.]
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