11 July 1950

Commons Sitting of 11 July 1950

  1. Preamble 8 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. PRIVATE BUSINESS
    1. GLOUCESTER EXTENSION BILL [Lords] 7 words
    2. LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL (WOOLWICH SUBSIDENCES) BILL [Lords] (By Order) 9 words
    3. EDINBURGH CORPORATION ORDER CONFIRMATION BILL (By Order) 5 words
  4. ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
    1. BRITISH ARMY
      1. Courts-Martial (Press) 149 words
      2. Requisitioned Land 416 words
      3. Meritorious Service Medal 45 words
      4. Browndown Range (Charges) 248 words
      5. Selection Procedure 116 words
      6. Regulars (Recruitment) 719 words
      7. Strikes, London (Use of Troops) 329 words
      8. Collective Training 214 words
    2. TERRITORIAL ARMY
      1. Officers' Uniforms 89 words
      2. 387 Field Regiment 85 words
    3. TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING
      1. Form L. 39 Claims 1,498 words
      2. Private Flags 606 words
      3. Development Corporations (Houses) 207 words
      4. Development Charge 146 words
      5. Oil Refinery, Fareham District 356 words
    4. NATIONAL INSURANCE
      1. Reserve Fund (Securities) 203 words
      2. Health Benefit (Claims) 299 words
      3. Administrative Expenses 138 words
      4. Widows' Pensions 336 words
      5. Blackpool Office(Dismissals) 164 words
    5. EMPLOYMENT
      1. Steel Making Plants, Monk Bridge and Paisley 118 words
      2. Public Service Vehicle Industry 134 words
      3. Training Centre, Portsmouth 143 words
    6. SCOTLAND
      1. Wool Marketing Scheme 247 words
      2. Teachers' Housing Society, Edinburgh 79 words
      3. Shetland (Unemployment) 167 words
    7. NATIONAL FINANCE
      1. Pound—Dollar Rate 149 words
      2. Post-War Credits 166 words
      3. Weed-Killers (Taxation) 125 words
      4. Purchase Tax (Building Regulation Posters) 128 words
      5. War Damage Claims 137 words
      6. Income Tax (Fares) 158 words
      7. Swedish Timber 78 words
      8. Gold and Dollar Reserves 182 words
      9. Saarbrucken Bonds (British Holders) 71 words
      10. Legacies (British Subjects Abroad) 345 words
      11. European Payments Union 2,105 words
      12. Sterling Balances 255 words
    8. TRADE AND COMMERCE
      1. Milk (Factory Canteens) 136 words
      2. Hotels (Government Assistance) 369 words
      3. Comic Supplements (Importation Ban) 162 words
      4. Texas State Fair 118 words
      5. Dollar-Earning Commodities 135 words
      6. British Industries Fair (Exhibitors' Badges) 78 words
      7. Film Industry (Agreement) 135 words
      8. Timber Imports 466 words
      9. Anglo-Mexican Negotiations 261 words
  5. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 19 words
  6. ORDERS OF THE DAY
    1. SUPPLY 3 words
    2. CIVIL ESTIMATES AND ESTIMATES FOR REVENUE DEPARTMENTS, 1950–51 8 words
  7. CLASS I
    1. TREASURY AND SUBORDINATE DEPARTMENTS 106 words
    2. SCHUMAN PLAN (MINISTER'S SPEECH) 25,921 words
    3. WAR DAMAGE (LATE CLAIMS) 20,968 words
    4. DRAFT CENSUS ORDER 12,005 words
    5. TEA SUPPLIES 4,688 words
    6. MALARIA CONTROL, AFRICA 2,888 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 11 July 1950

  1. BRITISH ARMY
    1. Officers' Instruction 94 words
    2. Dress (Summer Months) 73 words
  2. TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING
    1. Schuster Committee (Report) 40 words
    2. Land Restoration 47 words
    3. Development Charge 81 words
  3. EMPLOYMENT
    1. Industrial Disputes 79 words
    2. Advisory Committees 67 words
    3. Equal Pay (Minister's Speech) 363 words
    4. Wales 217 words
  4. ELECTRICITY INDUSTRY
    1. Staff Appeals 87 words
    2. Tribunals 542 words
  5. NATIONAL FINANCE
    1. Emigrants' Allowance 68 words
    2. Pound Sterling (Value) 66 words
    3. Government Employees, U.S.A. 71 words
    4. Civil Service (Temporary Clerks) 88 words
  6. TRADE AND COMMERCE
    1. Utility Dresses (Price) 108 words
    2. Newsprint (Export) 136 words
    3. Cotton and Rayon Fabrics 90 words
    4. Nylon Yarn 165 words
    5. Russian Timber 416 words
    6. Italian Textiles (Imports) 222 words
    7. United States Tariffs 182 words
    8. Congo Basin Treaties 80 words
    9. Telephone Equipment (Exports) 61 words
    10. Softwood 45 words
    11. EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICES 111 words
    12. WATER SUPPLIES, SUSSEX 197 words
    13. RIVERS (POLLUTION PREVENTION) 303 words
    14. HONG KONG (COTTON INDUSTRY) 138 words
    15. KOREA (UNIFIED COMMAND) 109 words
    16. BUILDING LICENCES 149 words
  7. TELEPHONE SERVICE
    1. Cheltenham 78 words
    2. Kiosks, Yorkshire 86 words
    3. TELEGRAPH OPERATORS (PAY) 152 words
    4. FISHING INDUSTRY (SUBSIDY) 54 words
    5. SKOMER ISLAND (SALE) 93 words
    6. AGRICULTURE (CUCUMBERS, MARKETING) 112 words