Mawrth, 1 Gorffennaf 1947
The House met at Half-past Two o'Clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Lords Amendments considered, and agreed to.
Read the Third time, and passed, without Amendment.
As amended, considered; to be read the Third time.
Read a Second time and committed.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland when the National Portrait Gallery of Scotland will be restored to its proper use; where the portraits normally exhibited there are presently stored; and...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he is aware of the growing practice of property owners who are deprived of possession under the Rent Restriction Acts taking reprisals against tenants...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he is aware of the disappointing results of this year's Group Leaving Certificate examinations; and, in view of these results, if he will see that in...
asked the Secretary of State for War what is the latest figure of Polish forces still in uniform and on service pay who have so far refused the offer to go into either the mines or agriculture,...
asked the Secretary of State for War if he will now make a further statement on the position of the disabled Polish soldiers, formerly domiciled in the Argentine, who have been unable to rejoin...
asked the Secretary of State for War what disciplinary action he is taking against the camp authorities of 18 Polish Recalcitrant camp as a consequence of the discovery there of a store of arms,...
asked the Secretary of State for War if he will make a statement regarding the loss of military equipment in the Middle East.
asked the Secretary of State for War if he is aware of the untidy and unkempt conditions of the British Military Cemetery at Tilly, Normandy; and if he will take steps to see that the cemetery is...
asked the Secretary of State for War why, in view of assurances given to the hon. Member for Chippenham, no satisfactory action has been taken to deal with the refuse tip near the Pheasant Inn,...
asked the Secretary of State for War on what grounds he assumes No. 7266513 Private T. F. Dryden, R.A.M.C., to be a deserter.
asked the Secretary of State for War whether his attention has been called to complaints made by owners of land in the Holywood district of County Down, concerning trespass and damage to crops...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that payment for articles is still being made by British troops in occupied territory in goods and cigarettes; and what steps are being...
asked the Secretary of State for War why notices "Unexploded Bombs, Keep Out," have been recently erected by his Department on Ilkley Moor, at Burley Woodhead, and other places much used by the...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that a wife who, on arrival in Germany seven months ago was allotted a service flat without any intimation that the service must be paid...
asked the Secretary of State for War to what extent accounting branches of his Department are using modern methods of mechanised accounting.
asked the Secretary of State for War for what reasons Army officers below the rank of full colonel are no longer allowed to wear service dress.
asked the Secretary of State for War how many Jews were enlisted in the Jewish Brigade and served outside Palestine during the recent war; what were the numbers of the Jewish Brigade; whether it...
asked the Secretary of State for War when it is proposed to discontinue the use of Mousehold Heath for Army training purposes.
asked the Secretary of State for War whether, in view of the quality of the crops now growing on certain parts of the Stanford battle training area, he will make arrangements for the continued...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that there is a considerable demand from youth organisations of all descriptions to obtain the use of small disused Army camps, such as...
asked the Secretary of State for War if he will reconsider the request of the Westbury Urban District Council for the Leighton sports ground at Westbury. Wiltshire.
asked the Secretary of State for War what steps are being taken to provide adequate stocks in the N.A.A.F.I. in Greece, in view of the hardship being caused to Army personnel because of the...
asked the Secretary of State for War what steps he is taking to provide sufficient married quarters for British troops serving in the Tripoli area.
asked the Secretary of State for War (1) why foreign women married in ex-enemy territories to British soldiers are classified as B category wives, and are denied certain perquisites such as...
asked the Secretary of State for War what share of the cost of maintaining the Ukrainian prisoners of war taken from the SS. Division, Galizien, was borne by the British and United States...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether arrangements will now be made so that prisoners of war who are relatives can be put together in the same camp.
asked the Secretary of State for War whether instructions will now be given to commandants of prisoner-of-war camps that prisoners of war are not to be robbed of their surplus clothing before...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether in those cases in which prisoners of war find themselves unemployed through no fault of their own, he will arrange for them to be paid at basic rates...
asked the Secretary of State for War if he will make arrangements to compensate German prisoners for injuries incurred in the course of agricultural or other work.
asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of the necessity of making the best use of our ability to produce food, he will reconsider the case for placing a special Minister in charge of fisheries.
asked the Prime Minister what is the strength of the staff of the High Commissioner for the United Kingdom in India; what strength will it be by mid-August; and when offices will be opened in...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the number of dollars that are required by banks in the U.S.A. for an English pound.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer why merchants, whose wines or spirits or stolen from a bonded store, are required by the Customs and Excise authorities to pay duty on the stolen liquor.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he is aware that at some tax offices callers are interviewed by officials with regard to their personal circumstances in the presence of other callers...
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury how many temporary civil servants and how many permanent civil servants there are at' present; and, of the National Whitley Council, how many are...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many civil servants were employed in each Department with a staff of 1,000 or more, for the latest convenient date in 1947 and before the war, indicating...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if, in view of the fact that the Government are not at present prepared to fix rates of pay for women in the Civil Service equal to those granted to men, he...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether his attention has been called to the observations made by the Select Committee on the House of Commons Members' Fund relating to the charges made by...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is aware of the damage which is being done to the tourist trade because visitors to this country frequently miss the connection between the boat...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer why he will not give authority to increase allowances for Service personnel serving in Greece, on account of the hardship caused because of the present rate...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer why the Southern Rhodesia 2½per cent. 1965–70 Loan is being underwritten.
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he is now in a position to make a statement regarding the future trade arrangements between this country and Japan.
asked the President of the Board of Trade what quantity of knitting wool was sold to the public by retailers during the first quarters of 1938, 1945, 1946 and 1947.
asked the President of the Board of Trade what quantity of cotton cloth is being imported from Japan; what is the reason for such importation; and on what basis it will be distributed.
asked the President of the Board of Trade what reduction has been effected in the allocation of timber for furniture making; and how many units or coupons for utility furniture it will...
asked the President of the Board of Trade which raw materials from abroad are still being imported or bought exclusively by the Government or by Government commissions; and which have been...
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he is aware of the shortage of cutlery and crockery in factory canteens in the Braintree district; and if he will endeavour specially to make such...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he has now completed his examination of the effect on woollen textile production of inadequate supplies of soda ash to wool-combers; and what...
8TH ALLOTTED DAY
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a sum not exceeding £173,424,216, be granted to His Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the charge which will come in course of payment...
3.30 p.m.
Resolution reported: That, for the purposes of any Act of the present Session to transfer to the Crown Apsley House and the site, forecourt and garden thereof, and certain chattels formerly...
Resolution reported: That any Act of the present Session to transfer to the Crown Apsley House and the site, forecourt and garden thereof and certain chattels formerly belonging to the First Duke...
Mr. Beswick, Mr. Keeling, Mr. Frederick Lee and Mr. Frederick Willey to be Members of the Select Committee— [Mr. Snow.]
10.10 p.m.
Resolved, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. Simmons.] Adjourned accordingly at Four Minutes past Eleven o'Clock.
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