Mercher, 12 Tachwedd 1947
The House met at Half past Two O'Clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Civil Aviation, whether he will give an assurance that the accounts of B.O.A.C., B.E.A., and B.S.A.A., will be as rigorously audited as those...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Civil Aviation, if he will consider appointing an independent committee to investigate the conditions under which British Air Transport...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Civil Aviation what is the average time taken, from the time of arrival on an aircraft carrying 30 passengers to the time of departure of the...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Civil Aviation what is the cost of the maintenance depot at Montreal; whether these costs are borne in dollars, and how long it is expected...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Civil Aviation how many Airspeed Ambassador airliners have been ordered for British European Airways; and whether they are additional to or...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Civil Aviation if he will state what reason was given by Trans-Canada Airlines in deciding to withdraw their flight dispatch section from...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Civil Aviation how many passengers were carried on the Weston-super-Mare—Cardiff Air Ferry Service during the periods October to March...
Colonel Hutchison: asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Civil Aviation whether he is prepared to put all Government requirements in the matter of using aircraft for travel on...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Civil Aviation how many of the staff and what categories have been dismissed by British European Airways Corporation since 1st September, 1947.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will give an undertaking that no factory will be demolished in Germany until suitable alternative factory and domestic accommodation is...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether his attention has been drawn to the high prices charged by N.A.A.F.I. to married families in Germany; how far he exercises control over...
Mr. Vane: asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs why it has been found necessary to import 50,000 tons of potatoes from Poland for the U.K./U.S. zone of Germany; and whether any charge...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will give an assurance that the need to occupy Germany for at least five years still exists; and whether he will enter into agreements with...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (1) how many machines and processes are still to be removed from German factories for the purpose of Multilateral Deliveries; on what date the...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he has assured himself that, when the present shortage of fuel and raw materials has been overcome, there will be sufficient production...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether further consideration has been given to the possibility of securing financial and other assistance for the German mothers of illegitimate...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what date has been fixed for the termination of denazification in the British zone of Germany.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs on what grounds the British Military Attaché in Moscow, Major-General Hilton, was recently arrested by the Soviet authorities.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has considered the circular letter sent to the hon. Member for Denbigh and signed by the President of the Egyptian Feminist Union (a...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether any further action has been taken to secure financial and other assistance for the British mothers of illegitimate children whose fathers...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has now received an assurance from the United States Government that they will not authorise further Japanese whaling expeditions in...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he is aware of the distress being caused to many pensioned officers of the Malayan Government by the delay in granting an increase in pensions to...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will make a statement on the outbreak of lawlessness on the Malaya-Siam border and also in certain parts of Johore; and if he can give any...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he is aware of the concern felt in Malaya regarding the changes which have been made in the use of the banishment ordinance and the effect which...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what steps are being taken to establish a unified civil service in Kenya, recruited and paid according to merit without distinction between different...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies (1) how many Africans have been settled on new land in Kenya since the end of the war; and at what cost to the Kenya Government; (2) what Government...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what restrictions on immigration are at present operating in Kenya; into what category of permitted immigrants new settlers taking up land for...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is continuing to recruit for the Palestine Police on the terms and conditions set out in the booklet, "Palestine Police as a Career."
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what steps are being taken to improve transport facilities between the islands of the Western Pacific.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what steps are being taken to increase the production of the Solomon Islands Protectorate of alternative crops to copra, in particular rice and...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what steps are being taken to collect adequate vital statistics in the New Hebrides; and whether information on the decline in the native population,...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how many letters believed to contain football coupons have been seized or delayed by the postal authorities in Malta during the last year.
asked the Prime Minister when decorations and medals will be issued to those who won them or are entitled to them as a result of the recent war.
asked the Prime Minister whether arrangements have been made to write a history of the Ministry of Economic Warfare; or whether he will give directions for such work to be put in hand and its...
asked the Prime Minister which Ministers have given instructions that civil servants on the Royal Wedding route are not to view the procession from the windows, and why.
asked the Minister of Defence whether, in the light of the existing international situation, he will issue a White Paper giving the present position of the Armed Forces of the Crown under, among...
asked the Minister of Defence how many men of the Royal Navy, the Army and the Royal Air Force respectively, are at present serving in Burma; including a separate figure for men in Gurkha Regiments.
asked the Minister of Defence whether, bearing in mind recent figures for voluntary recruitment and the future target strengths for the three Services, he is satisfied that the present scheme for...
Colonel Hutchison: asked the Minister of Defence what steps he is taking to keep political bias out of the publications of the Bureau of Current Affairs.
asked the Minister of Defence whether the Manpower Economy Committees in the Services are considering such questions as a unified medical organisation and a common transport pool; when they are...
asked the Minister of Defence how many deserters from the three Services are still at large who deserted prior to V-J Day; and how many have deserted since then and are still at large.
asked the Minister of Defence how many families of Service personnel have been informed, since 1st October, that they will not now be able to join their husbands in Japan; when was this decision...
asked the Minister of Food if he is aware that supplies of foods which were canned in 1943 are being distributed to the trade; if he is satisfied that unnecessary wastage does not result from...
asked the Minister of Food whether he is satisfied that his White Paper, "Food Consumption Levels in U.K.", reveals a complete picture; and in view of the fact that numbers of people in Canada...
asked the Minister of Food why the unanimous recommendation of the Plymouth food committee, that the catering licence held by Anthony Johnson (Photiades), "Imperial Restaurant" should be revoked,...
asked the Minister of Food what is the calorific value of the rations available to the following categories of workers taking account of basic rations, extra rations, and canteen rations: miners,...
asked the Minister of Food why flour supplied to the Grimsby and District Bakery Trade Association members has been bad and fusty, so that bread made from it has not been fit for human...
asked the Minister of Food what were the dates of the visits to Roumania of his officials; when they discovered an export surplus of maize; whether he has yet been officially informed of this...
Considered in Committee.
3.32 p.m.
In April last, I estimated the revenue for this financial year at £3,451 million and the expenditure at £3,181 million, with a surplus for the year of £270 million. During the...
I turn aside, for a moment, to consideration of the question of national savings and the gilt-edged market. As the Committee know from the published weekly returns, the net figures of national...
Too much money running after too few goods is the unavoidable sequel—in every country seriously affected, not only our own—of a major war such as we have experienced. In many...
I will deal first with expenditure, and then with revenue. As to expenditure, it is, of course, too soon—much too soon—to attempt any close forecast of expenditure in the next...
I now turn to the food subsidies—an important element in expenditure, on which much has been written and spoken, by persons other than myself, for the last month or two. Last April, I said...
In the present emergency, I think the Committee will agree that tax increases in this interim Budget should be simple, straightforward, and capable of being administered with the least...
But whatever has been done already to lighten the burden of Income Tax, and whatever more it may be possible to do in the future, prompt payment of whatever tax is due is both the duty of good...
I turn now to the Profits Tax. I have noticed, with regret, a continuing and persistent inclination on the part of many concerns to declare increased dividends. This is contrary to advice which...
Now I turn to Customs and Excise, and in the first instance to the Purchase Tax. Let us begin by taking a backward glance at the changes that have been brought about in this tax since its...
I must now turn to a different topic, and once again address a few words to the Committee on the subject of tobacco. When I increased the Tobacco Duty in the April Budget I asked for a reduction...
As I have resisted the temptation to put something more on smokes, I now fall back on drink. The taxes on alcohol have remained substantially unchanged since 1943. I now propose to increase...
I pass to another topic. Since my Budget speech last April I have had second thoughts about betting. I then gave reasons, which still seem to me convincing, against any attempt to impose an...
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—
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