Iau, 11 Rhagfyr 1947
The House met at Half past Two o'Clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Considered; to be read the Third time tomorrow.
asked the Minister of Health, further to his answer of 7th August, with regard to the question of priority for the water needs of local authorities for housing purposes, what steps he has taken...
asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that there is a disproportionate delay over the supply of bends and unions for work of rural water supply; and what steps he is taking to remedy this.
asked the Minister of Health whether his attention has been drawn to the enterprise of individuals who have purchased Army huts and themselves bricked them up with breeze blocks; and whether he...
asked the Minister of Health whether he will give instructions for a building licence to be granted in the case, particulars of which have been sent him, of an ex-Service man, who is a building...
asked the Minister of Health if he is aware that at the end of October his Northern Regional Area Office refused to grant timber licences until the middle of December for work that had already...
asked the Minister f Health why he has refused permission to the Hornsey Borough Council to exercise its powers under Section 79 (I, d) of the Housing Act, 1936, to sell council houses to their...
asked the Minister of Health what instructions have been given to local authorities in regard to cases of overcrowding occurring in council houses.
asked the Minister of Health whether his attention has been drawn to the period of almost three years already spent in obtaining the necessary consents from Government Departments to the Calne...
asked the Minister of Health whether he will now say by what date the Bideford Amateur Athletic Club, The Pill, Bideford, about which the hon. and gallant Member for Barnstaple first wrote to the...
asked the Minister of Health if the Government's decision with regard to Ministers' replies to Parliamentary inquiries about nationalised industries also refers to nationalised hospitals, and the...
asked the Minister of Health to what extent progress is being made in providing analgesia for women in confinement.
asked the Minister of Health against how many men and women complaints have been lodged in respect of suspected V.D. in the Metropolitan Police area during the past 12 months; how many of these...
asked the Minister of Health if he is aware that the condition of the coast at Caister-on-Sea, Norfolk, continues to deteriorate; that defence works against the sea are urgently needed; that as...
asked the Minister of Education if the emergency scheme for the training of teachers is still open for would-be applicants.
asked the Minister of Education when he proposes to put into operation the provisions of Part III of the Education Act, 1944, dealing with the registration and inspection of independent schools.
asked the Minister of Education what were the results of the recent analysis of the correspondence of his Department made with the aim of reducing delays; what action has been taken to implement...
Mr. Baker White: asked the Minister of Education the purpose and conditions of the family quiz, now being conducted in schools in Kent; and if he is satisfied that it does not entail any prying...
asked the Minister of Education how many L.E.As. are now paying fees for pupils at independent boarding schools; and what is the estimated total expenditure per year out of public funds for that...
Mrs. Manning: asked the Minister of Education to state, for those direct grant grammar schools which have a junior department or junior forms, the percentage of entrants to the senior schools...
asked the Minister of Education if he will give details of the scheme allocating State scholarships to universities.
Colonel Wheatley: asked the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations what facilities have been set up to enable British officers in the Indian Services, both civil and military, to obtain...
asked the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations how many British subjects are awaiting repatriation at Deolali; how many persons the camp can normally accommodate; whether repatriation...
asked the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations if he can now make a statement about the recent consultations in London between His Majesty's Government and representatives of the...
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he is aware of the wide disparity in the salvage efforts of local authorities; and what practical steps are being taken to bring the less efficient...
Mr. Vane: asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that the regulations governing the use of the Priority Docket for curtain material prevent a housewife from using the...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether, in view of the problem facing firms all over the country in connection with the uncontrolled rise of rents for business and commercial premises...
asked the President of the Board of Trade what allocation of raw materials is made to firms manufacturing model railways, engines and rolling stock for export; how Messrs. Hamblings, of 10, Cecil...
asked the President of the Board of Trade what is the estimated cost of equipping the wool-textile industry with modern machinery; what is the present annual rate of production of such machinery;...
asked the President of the Board of Trade on what date Mr. Hindley's £5,000 a year salary as Chair- man of the Raw Cotton Commission commences.
asked the President of the Board of Trade what reply he has given to the proposal that H.R.H. Princess Elizabeth's wedding dress, or copies thereof shall be shown to the public outside London,...
asked the Prime Minister what regulations govern the buying and selling shares by Ministers of the Crown on the Stock Exchange.
asked the Minister of Labour to state the qualifications and the manner in which appointments will be made, of the three women who will act as a panel to hear women who will be affected by the...
asked the Minister of Labour why he refuses to meet any deputation of trade unionists unless they represent unions affiliated to the T.U.C.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how the sum of £225 millions given in Table 3 of the balance of payments account in Command Paper 7099 as the sum spent on net military expenditure...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will release from the Customs at Heath- row Airport a wedding present valued at £19 18s. sent by a relative in Brazil to a constituent who is...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer in view of the necessity for increased production and efficiency in industry, if he will consider encouraging inventors by making at least two-thirds of all...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer to what extent goods imported, upon which a duty is charged, can be made the subject of a drawback when those goods are made up and re-exported, as in a case...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will consult the Postmaster-General with a view to persons presenting registered packets, for overseas delivery, at local post offices being informed...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is aware that in consequence of the increase in Tobacco Duty last April, Carreras, Limited, made a profit on tobacco stocks amounting to...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the estimated present value of British overseas investments in hard and soft currency areas, respectively.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what evidence does the War Damage Commission require before making a value payment under Part I of the War Damage Act, 1943; and how does the Commission...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether it was with his sanction that information was conveyed to the Press which enabled them to reveal the withdrawal of the advertisement tax before this...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what reply he has made to the further representations which have been made to him by bank employees, regarding shortage of staff and other difficulties,...
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury if he is aware that Government vehicles of 20 h.p. and over are used by Departments to deliver unimportant letters within the Metropolitan area; and...
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury what proportion of the films produced for the Central Office of Information are being made by the Crown Film Unit; and whether the Estimates proposal...
Will the Leader of the House tell us the Business for next week?
With your permission, Mr. Speaker, I should like to make a statement about Anglo-Soviet trade. As the House knows, I flew to Moscow at the end of last week to open the resumed talks on trade and...
I wish to inform you, Mr. Speaker, and through you, the House, that in Division No. 46 last night I inadvertently voted twice. Having gone out into the Lobby, I returned and found that some hon....
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. William Whiteley.]
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. Joseph Henderson.]
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