Iau, 22 Mai 1947
The House met at Half-past Two o'Clock
Mr. Deputy-Speaker: I have to inform the House that Mr. Speaker has received the following telegram from the Turkish Parliamentary Delegation: Speaker of the House of Commons, S.W.I.As we are...
Read the Third time, and passed.
asked the Minister of Education what steps he has taken to inform local education authorities of the curriculum he has prescribed to be followed during the additional year at school.
asked the Minister of Education how many school canteens have been installed in Lindsey; and how many schools are yet without canteens.
asked the Minister of Education whether he is aware that at three schools in Cambridgeshire on examination of children's bicycles to see if they were roadworthy, 154 out of 181 were found to be...
asked the Minister of Education whether he has considered the proposal of the West Riding County Council to concentrate six village schools in the district -North-West of Ripon into two central...
asked the Minister of Education whether he has con- sidered the copy sent to him of the suggestion recently put forward by the high master of Manchester Grammar School for the equivalent of a...
asked the Minister of Education the number of free meals and quantity of free milk taken by schoolchildren in an average week.
asked the Minister of Education what is the approximate proportion of those accepted over 12 months ago for training under the Emergency Training of Teachers Scheme whose training has not yet...
asked the Minister of Education whether he has circularised local education authorities giving them a figure of the number of vacancies open at independent schools for children at primary...
asked the Minister of Education whether his attention has been called to the number of grammar school masters who have recently left the profession; and what action he proposes to take to prevent...
asked the Minister of Education whether he has considered the resolution, of which a copy has been sent to him, passed by the Southwold Town Council at its last meeting, deploring the poor...
asked the Minister of Education the number of local education authorities now employing speech therapists; the number who have no speech therapists in their employ; and whether he will...
asked the Attorney-General if his attention has been called to the judgment delivered by Mr. Justice Denning on 5th May, to the effect that a decision by a pensions appeal tribunal to reject an...
asked the President of the Board of Trade (1) on how many occasions the Inter-Departmental Committee on the Production of Carbon Black has met since it was set up; and who has been appointed as...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that the shortage of various raw materials used in the manufacture of perambulators will involve a substantial decrease in the...
asked the President of the Board of Trade the total value of electricity-generating equipment exported during each month January, February, March and April, 1947; and when the export of this...
asked the President of the Board of Trade in which development areas have factories been approved for the production of milling machinery; and what progress has been made in their erection.
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he has now received the report of the Inter-Departmental Committee on the Collection of Salvage; if he intends to publish the report; and when he...
asked the President of the Board of Trade (1) whether he will state the amount of Cellophane exported from this country during the years 1946 and 1947, respectively; and (2) whether he is aware...
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will make an allocation of children's summer underwear available in the Faversham Division of Kent.
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will cause civilian clothing coupons to be issued to men who have served for two years or more in His Majesty's Forces.
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that large printing plants suitable for book production are standing idle in Germany; and if he will take steps to enable these to be...
asked the President of the Board of Trade what steps the Government has taken to put into practice its plans for the location of light industries in the development area of the county of Midlothian.
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power if he will publish the communication which he sent to the Prime Minister of Northern Ireland in regard to the withdrawal of coal supplies in the event of the...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power, what instructions have been issued by his department to fuel controllers that cause them to intimate to the public in response to requests for permits that...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power to what extent the National Coal Board is continuing the practice of many colliery companies of making coal and rent allowances to former employees who were...
Mr. De la Bère: asked the Minister of Fuel and Power, if he is aware that some of the statistics on output and absenteeism issued by the public relations officers of his Department since the...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power what were the provisions as to duration and date of expiry of the agreement on wages between employers and employed in the coal industry in force at the date...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power, whether he will provide a table setting out the precise amount of the present salaries of members of the National Coal Board, together with a note indicating...
asked the Prime Minister whether he is aware that the annuities at present payable to holders of the Victoria Cross are now inadequate having regard to the increased cost of living; and whether...
asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of references on pages 32, 640 and 641 of the Report of the Royal Commission on the Spy Trials in Canada, issued on 27th June, 1946, to Communist...
asked the Prime Minister if he will give an assurance that no decisions affecting the future control, composition and organisation of the Indian Army will be taken before a Debate has taken place...
asked the Prime Minister whether he will appoint an interdepartmental committee to review the rationing schemes now in force and to recommend what changes can be made to apply the points system...
asked the Minister of Labour if he is aware that the Bournemouth Town Council has agreed to the appointment of Mr. Rudolph Schwarz, an Austrian, to be Director of Music to the corporation; that...
asked the Minister of Labour what is the total number of his Department's hostels; how many of these have recently been transferred from the Ministry of Supply and how many further hostels still...
asked the Minister of Labour why his Department is dismissing employees owing to redundancy and failure to pass a written examination after 20 years' satisfactory service.
asked the Minister of Labour to what extent persons suffering from tuberculosis are being debarred from benefiting from the provisions of the Disabled Persons (Employment) Act, 1944, on account...
asked the Minister of Labour if he is aware of the action of Messrs. Adrema, Limited, East Acton, in dismissing five employees for distributing leaflets adjacent to the exhibition of the firm's...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the date when postwar Income Tax credits will be paid: the number of men and women, respectively, concerned; and the method by which application for...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will make a statement about the bringing into operation of Section 1 of the Borrowing (Control and Guarantees) Act.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what allotment of dollars, over and above the basic allocation of £75, has been made to the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, respectively, in 1945, 1946 and...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in regard to the large outstanding sterling debt, whether he will give a list of the countries involved, together with the amount of their sterling balances.
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury if he will inquire into the possibility of making pensionable employment available in the Civil Service to men with the necessary qualifications who...
(by Private Notice) asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he has come to any decision about the payment of a grant to the widow of Mr. de Antiquis.
May I ask the Leader of the House to tell us the Business for next week? [Laughter.] I mean, of course, when we resume after the Recess. I apologise to the right hon. Gentleman for having...
Motion made, and question put,
House, at its rising Tomorrow, to adjourn till Tuesday, 3rd June.—[Mr. Herbert Morrison.]
Order for Third Reading read.
Order read for resuming Adjourned Debate on Amendment proposed [25th April; on Consideration, as amended (in the Standing Committee).
I beg to move, in page 3, line 42, to leave out "fourteen," and to insert "twenty-one." I would like to ask you, Mr. Deputy-Speaker, whether, in speaking to this Amendment, I might refer also...
I beg to move, in page 4, line 40, after "businesses," to insert: and including representatives of such trade associations or other recognised bodies as appear to the competent authority...
I beg to move, in page 5, line 17, to leave out "criminal proceedings," and to insert: proceedings for an offence under this Act. This Amendment raises the question of whether information which...
I beg to move, in page 7, line 34, to leave out Subsection (2). If it meets the convenience of the House, while discussing this Amendment I should also like to discuss the following Amendment in...
I beg to move, in page 8. line 43, at the end, to insert: (2) Where an undertaking is wholly or partly carried on by means of branches situated at several premises the Board of Trade or other...
I beg to move, in page 10, line 7, to leave out "section seven." and to insert: sections seven and section (Information from persons entering or leaving the United Kingdom by air) This Amendment...
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 County Borough of Bournemouth, a copy of which...
Resolved: "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. Pearson.]
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