Commons Sitting of 22 March 1948 Series 5 Vol. 448

    c2545
  1. Preamble 8 words
  2. c2545
  3. PRAYERS 5 words
  4. PRIVATE BUSINESS
    1. c2545
    2. UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD (LANDS) BILL (By Order) 6 words
  5. ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
    1. MINISTRY OF WORKS
      1. cc2545-6
      2. "Daily Worker" (Building Licence) 153 words
      3. c2546
      4. Ken Wood House (Repair Licence) 75 words
      5. c2546
      6. Communist Offices, Strand (Building Materials) 162 words
      7. cc2546-7
      8. Cement Supplies, Scotland 170 words
      9. cc2547-8
      10. Palace of Westminster (Services, Maintenance) 321 words
      11. cc2548-9
      12. Brick Production, Bedfordshire 278 words
      13. c2549
      14. Storage Sheds, Totton 207 words
      15. cc2549-50
      16. Requisitioned Shops, Brighton 295 words
    2. BRITISH COUNCIL
      1. cc2550-1
      2. Turkey 184 words
      3. cc2551-2
      4. Spain 229 words
      5. c2552
      6. Sweden 229 words
      cc2552-3
    3. B.B.C. SIAMESE SECTION (EDITOR) 312 words
    4. cc2553-5
    5. EXPATRIATION OF POPULATIONS, EUROPE 338 words
    6. cc2555-6
    7. ROUMANIA (BRITISH OIL COMPANIES) 407 words
    8. GERMANY
      1. cc2556-8
      2. Morgenthau Plan 748 words
      3. cc2558-9
      4. Factories, Dismantling 162 words
      5. cc2559-60
      6. Housing Programmes 447 words
      cc2560-1
    9. CZECHOSLOVAKIA (BRITISH-BORN WIVES, REPATRIATION) 315 words
    10. c2561
    11. GREECE (VARKIZA AGREEMENT) 34 words
    12. cc2561-2
    13. PRISONERS OF WAR (REPATRIATION) 182 words
    14. cc2562-3
    15. EUROPEAN RECOVERY PROGRAMME 344 words
    16. cc2563-4
    17. BENELUX COUNTRIES (MUTUAL ASSISTANCE) 213 words
    18. c2564
    19. EGYPT AND SUDAN 139 words
    20. cc2564-5
    21. "SOMETHING DONE" (SALES OVERSEAS) 232 words
    22. c2565
    23. PALESTINE (ARAB INCURSIONS) 77 words
    24. cc2565-6
    25. PERSIA (CONSULAR AND POLITICAL POSTS) 287 words
    26. cc2566-7
    27. DIPLOMATIC STAFFS, EASTERN EUROPE (MEDICAL SERVICES) 146 words
    28. c2567
    29. THE YEMEN (BRITISH REPRESENTATION) 112 words
    30. FOOD SUPPLIES
      1. cc2567-8
      2. Bread Rationing (Administrative Staff) 197 words
      3. cc2568-9
      4. Tomatoes (Price Control) 255 words
      5. cc2569-70
      6. Cooking Fat ("Poison" Label) 268 words
      7. c2570
      8. Onions, Glasgow 260 words
      9. cc2570-1
      10. Food Office Staffs, Staffordshire 110 words
      cc2571-2
    31. CIVIL SERVICE (COMMUNISTS AND FASCISTS) 411 words
    32. cc2572-3
    33. MINISTER'S SPEECH 152 words
    34. c2573
    35. TRIAL DOCUMENTS (PUBLICATION) 224 words
    36. AGRICULTURE
      1. cc2573-5
      2. Feedingstuffs 392 words
      3. c2575
      4. Tractors 124 words
      5. cc2575-6
      6. Quantock Staghounds 507 words
      7. cc2576-7
      8. Land Settlement Association 162 words
      9. c2577
      10. Veterinary Profession (Recruitment) 113 words
      11. cc2577-8
      12. Linseed 233 words
      cc2578-9
    37. MEMBERS' DINING ROOM (SUGGESTION BOOK) 308 words
    cc2579-83
  6. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 1,480 words
  7. cc2583-4
  8. AGRICULTURAL PRICES 370 words
  9. cc2584-6
  10. PERSONAL EXPLANATION 649 words
  11. BILL PRESENTED
    1. c2586
    2. EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING BILL 81 words
    3. cc2587-90
    4. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 1,311 words, 1 division
  12. ORDERS OF THE DAY
    1. c2591
    2. CONSOLIDATED FUND (NO. 1) BILL 23 words
    3. cc2591-648
    4. POLICE FORCES (CONDITIONS) 23,383 words
    5. cc2648-705
    6. CIVIL DEFENCE 22,891 words
    7. cc2706-29
    8. LOCAL GOVERNMENT BILL 3 words
      1. cc2706-7
      2. CLAUSE 30.—(Investigation into working of provisions as to amount of payments to local authorities under Part II.) 644 words
      3. cc2707-8
      4. CLAUSE 35.—(Draft lists.) 312 words
      5. cc2708-10
      6. CLAUSE 48.—(Sittings, procedure and powers of local valuation courts.) 478 words
      7. cc2710-1
      8. CLAUSE 67.—(Membership of local authority, etc., not to be disqualification in certain cases.) 299 words
      9. c2711
      10. CLAUSE 69.—(Use of Public Rooms.) 265 words
      11. cc2711-2
      12. CLAUSE 72.—(Commencement of Part III and transitional provisions.) 195 words
      13. cc2712-3
      14. CLAUSE 76.—(Meaning of "hypothetical 1938 cost of construction.") 222 words
      15. c2713
      16. CLAUSE 80.—(Other small post-1918 dwelling-houses, except flats and maisonettes.) 237 words
      17. cc2713-4
      18. CLAUSE 115.—(Meaning of "approved duty.") 134 words
      19. cc2714-5
      20. CLAUSE 121.—(Provisions as to precepts for expenses of Metropolitan Police.) 402 words
      21. cc2715-27
      22. CLAUSE 131.—(Provision of entertainments.) 4,509 words
      23. cc2727-9
      24. CLAUSE 134.—(Instruction, lectures, etc., on questions relating to local government.) 698 words
      cc2729-30
    9. CINEMATOGRAPH FILMS BILL 3 words
      1. cc2729-30
      2. CLAUSE 2.—(Determination of quotas of British films.) 302 words
      3. c2730
      4. CLAUSE 8.—(Composition of Cinematograph Films Council.) 102 words
      cc2730-40
    10. CHINA CLAY INDUSTRY 3,926 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 22 March 1948 Series 5 Vol. 448

  1. MINISTRY OF WORKS
    1. c279W
    2. Automatic Lifts (Government Buildings) 78 words
      c279W
    3. Requisitioned Textile Mills 91 words
      c279W
    4. Building Licences (Textile Mills) 71 words
      cc279-80W
    5. Aluminium Houses (Interior Fitments) 75 words
      c280W
    6. National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh 62 words
      c280W
    7. Palace of Westminster (Heating) 35 words
      cc280-1W
    8. YUGOSLAVIA (SURRENDERED PERSONS) 173 words
      c281W
    9. INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S EMERGENCY FUND 135 words
  2. FOOD SUPPLIES
    1. cc281-2W
    2. Wheat Prices 130 words
      c282W
    3. Sweet Ration 51 words
      c282W
    4. Extra Rations (Personal Case) 144 words
      cc282-3W
    5. Agricultural Workers 310 words
      c283W
    6. Imported Stearine 69 words
      cc283-4W
    7. Milk (Temporary Ration Books) 48 words
      cc284-5W
    8. Imports 202 words
      c285W
    9. Children (School Holidays) 53 words
      c285W
    10. Norwegian Herring 69 words
      c285W
    11. Dried Fruit 107 words
      cc285-6W
    12. Processed Barley (Export Licences) 92 words
      c286W
    13. Gift Parcels (Germany and Poland) 207 words
      cc286-7W
    14. Danish Butter 113 words
      c287W
    15. Ration Coupons (Advance Use) 79 words
      c287W
    16. BRITISH FILM INSTITUTE (COMMITTEE'S REPORT) 63 words
  3. AGRICULTURE
    1. c287W
    2. Pig Club Rations 107 words
      cc287-8W
    3. Prisoner of War (Application) 73 words
      c288W
    4. Foxes (Destruction) 132 words
      c288W
    5. Fertiliser Supplies 101 words
      cc288-9W
    6. Hostels (Rations) 76 words
      c289W
    7. WHALING (INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT) 169 words
  4. ROADS
    1. cc289-90W
    2. Bus Service, Lostwithiel—St. Austell 136 words
      c290W
    3. Buses (Standing Passengers) 37 words
      c290W
    4. "B" Licences 69 words
      cc290-2W
    5. Roadmen (Release) 578 words
      c292W
    6. Heavy Goods Vehicles (Speed Limit) 100 words
      c292W
    7. Cattle Grids, Exmoor 43 words
      cc292-3W
    8. Driving Tests (Failures) 55 words
      c293W
    9. Repairs, Euston Road 115 words
      c293W
    10. RAILWAY STORAGE CHARGES (INCREASE) 185 words
      cc293-4W
    11. TRANSPORT PROJECTS, SCOTLAND (BUILDING WORKERS 102 words
      c294W
    12. CANALS (ABANDONMENT) 51 words
  5. MINISTRY OF SUPPLY
    1. c294W
    2. Galvanised Piping 56 words
      cc294-5W
    3. Wire, Pumps and Engines (Exports) 171 words
      c295W
    4. Chrome Ore (Price) 40 words
      c295W
    5. Trainer Aircraft (Cost) 43 words
      c295W
    6. Copper Prices 34 words
      cc295-6W
    7. Obsolete Slot Machines 79 words
      c296W
    8. Mild Steel (Small Sections) 112 words
      c296W
    9. Pig Iron and Steel Scrap (Stocks) 37 words
      cc296-7W
    10. BRITISH SOMALILAND (ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE) 173 words
      c297W
    11. COURT MARTIAL (KARL KNEISSLER) 83 words
  6. BRITISH ARMY
    1. c297W
    2. Surplus Electrode Wire 61 words
      cc297-8W
    3. Proposed Land Acquisition, Merioneth 141 words
  7. TRADE AND COMMERCE
    1. c298W
    2. Long Ladders 52 words
      c298W
    3. Darning Wool 87 words
  8. NATIONAL FINANCE
    1. cc298-9W
    2. War Damage (Late Applications) 80 words
      c299W
    3. Contracts (Compulsory Wage Increases) 34 words
      c299W
    4. Tobacco (Tax and Price) 107 words
      c299W
    5. Wealth (War Loss) 64 words
      cc299-300W
    6. GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS (ENGINEERING GRADES, PAY CLAIM) 122 words
      c300W
    7. WEST AFRICAN COCOA (PRICE) 104 words
  9. PUBLIC HEALTH
    1. c300W
    2. Water Supply, Suffolk 97 words
      cc300-1W
    3. Sewage Disposal, Stowmarket District 80 words
      c301W
    4. HOUSING (RURAL AREAS) 80 words
      c301W
    5. BECHUANALAND (HERERO TRIBE) 111 words
      cc301-2W
    6. BASIC PETROL RATION 69 words
      c302W
    7. COAL INDUSTRY (SILICOSIS) 281 words