Mercher, 26 Hydref 1949
The House met at Half past Two o'Clock
[Mr. Speaker in the Chair]
Account ordered, of the Civil Contingencies Fund, 1948–49 showing (1) the Receipts and Payments in connection with the Fund in the year ended the 31st day of March, 1949, and (2) the...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what further steps he proposes to take to safeguard the financial interests of the Shanghai Pilot Boat Company, whose boat, the ss. "Hsin Yangtse"...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs since when, and for what reasons there has not been an Air Attaché in Spain.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what steps are being taken to encourage orderly marketing of agricultural products in the Middle East countries; what advisory service on this...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs how many bankruptcies have occurred in Western Germany since currency reform; and whether any arrangements are available through the Allied...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is aware that an evacuation order causing the removal of some 500 inmates from the German refugee camp at Reinsehlen near Soltau out of...
Mr. Vane: asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what Allied regulations remain in force regarding the erection by German villagers of memorials to their dead in the late war.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he now proposes to take any action with regard to the military mission in Greece, in view of the changed circumstances.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs how many Germans have come here from the British zone for re-education, how many on compassionate grounds, and how many as visitors since the...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies, whether he has now received a report from the Governor of British Guiana in connection with the rejection by the United States authorities of the...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he is now in a position to make a statement on what action he is prepared to take to implement the recommendations of the Evans Report regarding...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he is aware of the growing death rate from tuberculosis in British Guiana; and whether he is prepared to grant funds to the British Guiana...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he is now in a position to make a statement on the negotiations with the United States Government for the establishment of guided-missile checking...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will now make a statement about the provision of refrigeration plant to enable mutton to be brought from the Falkland Islands.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies, in view of the developments now being sponsored in many Colonies, what steps he proposes to take to ensure that the increase in development values...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how many students there are in the Makerere College, East Africa, at the present time; and how many of them are studying agriculture.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if, in view of the resolution recently adopted by the Trusteeship Committee of the General Assembly of the United Nations calling on countries...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he has considered the resolution adopted by the East African Trades Union Congress, a copy of which has been forwarded to him by the honourable...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is aware that there is continuing dissatisfaction by Kenya Africans at the possession of land by the Governor of Kenya; and whether he is...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will now make a statement on the situation with regard to guerilla fighting in Malaya.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how many British service personnel, together with other nationals, have lost their lives in Malaya since 1st July, 1949.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies why owners of rubber estates in Malaya are charged for each of their labourers admitted to Government hospitals, although mining labourers are...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies approximately how many British subjects were obliged to evacuate from Palestine during the disturbed period preceding the British withdrawal; and if...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies why he asked for unclothed stone figures to be eliminated from the design of the new Colonial Office.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what is the expected rise in the cost-of-living index in each West Indian colony, or generally, consequent on devaluation; and what is being done to...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is aware that by the judgment of the Supreme Court of Mauritius the proceedings of the Legislative Council of the Seychelles on 16th...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he now has any statement to make on the Gold Coast Constitution.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what is the proportion spent in dollars on imports into Hong Kong.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the proposals of the Committee appointed to revise the political constitution of the Fiji Islands have been approved.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what action is being taken on the recommendations of the Economic Commission of 1947–48 to modernise the railway in Mauritius in view of the...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies when he expects to publish the report of the inquiry into the Uganda riots.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what income or other qualifications are required for Africans, Europeans, and Indians, male and female, in Northern Rhodesia for registration on a...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies why it is necessary for the two African members of the Northern Rhodesia Legislative Council to be nominated by the Governor, in view of the fact...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies, in view of the poor roads in Togoland, what developments are taking place in respect of the provision of better roadways.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what steps are being taken to increase and improve the water supply in Togoland; and whether particular action is being taken in this respect to meet...
asked the Lord President of the Council what is the latest estimate of the cost of the 1951 Festival of Britain on the South Bank of the Thames; and, in view of the economic and financial crisis,...
asked the Lord President of the Council if he will reconsider the terms under which he set up the Broadcasting Committee; and if he will now recommend that they should hold their meetings in...
asked the Minister of Defence whether he is aware that two American sailors, armed with Colt revolvers, mounted guard outside the Conference Room in the British Cabinet offices where British and...
asked the Minister of Defence what percentage of the troops stationed in Hong Kong are National Service men.
asked the Minister of Defence what was the dollar expenditure on the Defence Services in the first half of 1949; and what is his estimate of such expenditure in the second half of the year.
asked the Minister of Defence what progress is being made in the provision of married quarters for Service personnel overseas; and when does he anticipate that requirements will be met.
asked the Minister of Defence whether, in view of the increasing demands on our financial and economic resources, His Majesty's Government proposes to retain the policy of National Service; and...
asked the Minister of Defence how many free railway warrants are issued to National Service men per year.
"to continue certain expiring laws," presented by Mr. Glenvil Hall; supported by Mr. Jay; read the First time; to be read a Second time Tomorrow, and to be printed. [Bill 191.]
Proceedings on Government business exempted, at this day's Sitting, from the provisions of Standing Order No. 1 (Sittings of the House) for One Hour after Ten o'Clock.—[The Prime Minister.]
3.31 p.m.
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Popplewell.]
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