Mr William Nunn: asked the President of the Board of Trade what are the qualifications for a regional technical director; what is his salary; and whether he takes precedence of, or has authority over, other Board of Trade technical officers in his area.
Mr William Nunn: Can the right hon Gentleman say what constitutes reasonably experienced men? Do they have to take any special qualifications?
Mr William Nunn: Can the right hon. Gentleman say whether one of these technical officers appointed with a good knowledge of engineering takes precedence, and has authority over a man who is, for instance, a chief engineer with a marine certificate?
Mr William Nunn: I should like to inquire whether this Clause will cover land as well as buildings. I am thinking particularly of such lands as, for instance, the Roman Vallums, Druidical circles, and so forth. Perhaps it may be well for my right hon. Friend to consider whether it will be necessary to make mention of such things.
Mr William Nunn: I want to raise a point which has some substance. It is the question of the interpretation of the phrase "sustained war damage." It appears that the Minister has to be satisfied that the area has "sustained war damage" and, later on, it says that an area on which the Minister has been so satisfied, has to be referred to as an area of "extensive war damage." But the mere fact that it is so...
Mr William Nunn: I beg to move, in page 4, line 15, leave out Sub-section (2). My second Amendment is consequential. My reason in bringing forward this Amendment is to try to secure what is the main object of the Bill, namely, that there shall be speed in operation, and also that the planning shall be complete. We have machinery under Clause 1 which should cover all that is necessary, and under Sub-section...
Mr William Nunn: There is one question which disturbs me a little, and I think a satisfactory answer might go some way towards satisfying my hon. and gallant Friend the Member for Penrith (Lieut.-Colonel Dower). It will be observed in line 14 that the Minister has to be satisfied that the area has sustained war damage, but the marginal note, which is not operative in law, refers to "extensive war damage." I...
Mr William Nunn: May I then—
Mr William Nunn: As one of the Members for Newcastle, may I take this opportunity of joining in the thanks of the Home Secretary to Mr. Burrows for the excellent way in which he conducted the tribunal? It would be improper for me to comment on the findings, and I merely wish to take this opportunity of joining in the thanks of the Home Secretary and saying—
Mr William Nunn: Does the hon. and learned Gentleman suggest that there is no public control over the main work of the denomonational schools, namely secular education?
Mr William Nunn: Though there have been many extremely interesting points raised in the Debate which one would be strongly tempted to take up, I do not propose to say anything about those speeches because of lack of time. I wish to devote myself entirely to the question of the Far East. There was one point which seems to me to be of supreme importance arising out of the first Cairo Conference. That was the...
Mr William Nunn: I wish to join in offering my very hearty congratulations to my right hon. Friend and his colleagues on the really notable piece of work that they have undertaken. I am hoping that, when the Bill is presented to us and ultimately becomes an Act, my right hon. Friend's name will go down to future generations as that of one of those who made the soundest mark upon the civilisation of our...
Mr William Nunn: Where there were not enough children to fill one school, they would have to make their own arrangements on the lines of the White Paper. I am only suggesting it for areas where it can be done. I want to make a comment on the subject of art. Among my few interests in life, art happens to be one. I do not know what my right hon. Friend includes in art, whether he means pictorial art or the...
Mr William Nunn: asked the Prime Minister whether the Atlantic Charter will preclude the United States of America and Great Britain from continuing to hold certain strategic points, formerly in Axis hands, the retention of which would seem to be vitally necessary for maintaining the future peace of the world?
Mr William Nunn: I follow the hon. Member for Ebbw Vale (Mr. Bevan) with some trepidation. I want to deal with one or two matters which are, perhaps, of less general interest than what he has said, and first I want to refer to what is, I feel, a certain lack of liaison between the Departments of State and the central control of the war. This has been very marked in the past, and I want to emphasise it by...
Mr William Nunn: I am sorry that that is asked. The question is a delicate one. It is true that those funds are frozen, both to the Siamese and to those British subjects who for many years have worked for the British Government and find themselves stranded with their pensions cut off. It is true also that the Government were able to guarantee to the French civil servants, of Madagascar that they should draw...
Mr William Nunn: I thought the hon. Member was going to ask me a question, but apparently he was only going to give me advice on what I said. As I happened to be present at the meeting and received a deputation, and as I told the gentleman in holy orders exactly what I have said in this House, and as I had no hesitation in saying it to him again, I have nothing to withdraw, and I refuse to withdraw. I made...
Mr William Nunn: Is not the 4.5, about which all this discussion is taking place, the heavy mobile A.A. gun?
Mr William Nunn: During the two and half days that I have sat here, indulging in a considerable amount of useful exercise in springing up and down, I have had the melancholy experience of noticing that nearly all the points I wanted to make have been extremely fully dealt with. As I have a constitutional objection to wasting words, I propose to devote myself entirely to one particular aspect. I am especially...
Mr William Nunn: It is perfectly true that at that time I rather took the line, in a speech I made on that subject, that the time was not opportune to interfere with Japan. It seemed to me that it was not this country's obligation to take upon its shoulders the whole of the work of the League of Nations, particularly as I had not—and I still feel the same way—any particular faith in that organisation. It...
