Mawrth, 23 Chwefror 1954
The House met at Half past Two o'Clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Accounts ordered,of the Civil Contingencies Fund, 1952–53, showing (1) the Receipts and Payments in connection with the Fund in the year ended 31st day of March, 1953, and (2) the...
asked the Secretary of State for War (1) why most of the National Service men who attain officer rank come from the South; and why it is considered by selection boards that Northerners are less...
asked the Secretary of State for War if he will authorise a retrospective issue to prisoners repatriated from Korea of the ration allowance granted to a Service man when he cannot be fed by the...
asked the Secretary of State for War when the practice of compassionate postings was discontinued and why; and if he will try to get uniformity of practice with the other Service Departments.
asked the Secretary for War what percentage of the Army's fighting units is now overseas.
asked the Secretary of State for War how many National Service men will be included in the Bermuda garrison.
asked the Secretary of State for War on how many occasions the Army has used the facilities of Ashridge (Bonar Law Memorial) College in the last five years; for what purposes; and what were the...
asked the Secretary of State for War how soon he expects to be in a position to bring forward legislation to amend the Army Act in the light of the recommendations already made by the Select...
Mr. John Hall: asked the Secretary of State for War how many officers and non-commissioned officers under 40 years of age, but excluding National Service men, have left the Army in each of the...
Mr. John Hall: asked the Secretary of State for War what progress has been made with the standardisation of vehicles.
asked the Secretary of State for War how many National Service men are at present serving sentences of detention at the corrective training establishment at Colchester; how many entered Her...
asked the Secretary of State for War why the application to raise the precedence of the Royal Scots Fusiliers from the 21st to the 4th regiment of infantry has been rejected by the Army Council.
asked the Secretary of State for War how many officers, non-commissioned officers and men, respectively, are employed on clerical duties or office work.
asked the Secretary of State for War what proportion of time is expended by batmen and waiters on military duties and their secondary employment, respectively.
asked the Secretary of State for War how many Territorial units had their fortnight's annual camp outside the United Kingdom in 1951, 1952 and 1953; and the policy of his Department with respect...
asked the Secretary of State for War on what technical grounds the Director General of Artillery disagreed with the first results of the comparative trials between the Belgian F.N. rifle and the...
asked the Secretary of State for War to what extent church parades continue as part of the Army routine at home stations; and approximately the percentage of men who voluntarily attend church worship.
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that the Furniture Development Council was formed by his Department in 1949 to implement the proposals made in the working party...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he has yet decided to appoint an inspector under Section 165 (b) of the Companies Act, 1948, to investigate the transaction of the transfer last...
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he is aware that, though licences have been issued by the Argentine Government for the importation of £3,000,000 consumer goods from the United...
asked the President of the Board of Trade to make a further statement on the latest reports he has received about the British trade negotiations in Moscow.
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he can give the value of contracts placed with British manufacturers in the last year for the supply of equipment to electrical schemes in the United...
asked the President of the Board of Trade what steps are being taken to enter into a new trade agreement with the Polish Government.
asked the President of the Board of Trade if his attention has been directed to the official statement by Mr. Ivan Kabanov, Soviet Minister of Foreign Trade, that Soviet commercial organisations...
asked the President of the Board of Trade what duty is charged on imported grey and bleached cloth, prints and rayon into the United Kingdom from India; and what duty is charged by India on...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is now in a position to make a statement about the paying out of claims on German debts.
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware of the difficulties of some retailers of sweets and tobacco in obtaining a sufficient allocation of cigarettes for their customers;...
asked the President of the Board of Trade how many new industrial projects, giving separately new factories and extensions exceeding 5,000 square feet, have been commenced in the Birkenhead...
asked the President of the Board of Trade how many companies incorporated in Dublin and transacting business in Great Britain as property owners are registered with the Registrar of Companies.
asked the President of the Board of Trade what steps have been taken to increase the export of British goods to Japan; what Japanese tariffs are imposed on such exports; what type of Japanese...
Mr. Glenvil Hall: asked the President of the Board of Trade if he is aware that owing to a shortage of rayon staple fibre, manufacturers are having to import supplies from Italy; that there is...
asked the Prime Minister if, in view of the need for hon. Members to be advised adequately and competently on questions relating to Scotland, he will now recommend the appointment of a...
asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of the inherent difficulties at Berlin and the United Nations organisation in obtaining agreement between representatives of nation States, elected by...
Mr. Walking: asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the functions of the Development Commission in Wales; what assistance it has given to industries in rural Wales; and whether he will issue a...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the results of the inquiries made by the Registrar of Friendly Societies into the conduct of the Hollins Permanent Building Society of Manchester.
The following Question stood upon the Order Paper:
I wish to make a statement on the future of Uganda. The long-term aim of Her Majesty's Government is to build the Protectorate into a self-governing State. In working towards this we shall...
3.42 p.m.
Considered in Committee under Standing Order No. 84 (Money Committees).—[Queen's Recommendation signified.]
Resolution reported, That, for the purposes of any Act of the present Session to enable grants to be made in respect of measures taken to secure the due functioning of electricity undertakings in...
Considered in Committee; reported, without Amendment.
6.48 p.m.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That the Order made by the Secretary of State for the Home Department, extending Section 1 of the Sunday Entertainments Act, 1932, to the Urban District of...
6.59 p.m.
Order for Second Reading read.
Postponed proceeding resumed on Question, That an humble Address be presented to Her Majesty, praying that the National Health Service (Medical Auxiliaries) Regulations, 1954 (S.I., 1954, No....
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."— [Mr. Vosper.]
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