19 July 1950

Commons Sitting of 19 July 1950

  1. Preamble 8 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. PRIVATE BUSINESS
    1. NORWICH EXTENSION BILL [Lords]
      1. WISBECH CORPORATION BILL [Lords] 8 words
    2. LEITH HARBOUR AND DOCKS ORDER CONFIRMATION BILL
      1. MERCHANTS HOUSE OF GLASGOW (CREMATORIUM) ORDER CONFIRMATION BILL 8 words
      2. GRANTON HARBOUR ORDER CONFIRMATION BILL 39 words
      3. GREENOCK PORT AND HARBOURS ORDER CONFIRMATION BILL 41 words
  4. ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
    1. ROYAL AIR FORCE
      1. Commissions 94 words
      2. Volunteer Reserve (Training) 565 words
      3. Radar 538 words
      4. Tradesmen 47 words
      5. Pay and Conditions 283 words
      6. Courts Martial (Notices) 65 words
      7. Transport 182 words
      8. Grounded Aircraft (Repair) 82 words
      9. Clothing (Price) 405 words
      10. New Flying-Boat 89 words
      11. Coastal Command (Strength) 172 words
      12. Refresher Training 142 words
      13. Mustang Aircraft, Korea 216 words
      14. Singapore (Radar Defence) 174 words
      15. Aircraft (Identification) 124 words
    2. CIVIL AVIATION
      1. Small Aerodromes 201 words
      2. Airports, North of England 591 words
      3. International Conference, Montreal 198 words
      4. Solent Flying Boats 337 words
      5. Helicopter Service, Wales 111 words
      6. Services, Cornwall 89 words
    3. SCHUMAN PLAN 171 words
    4. PERSIA (SOVIET PROPAGANDA) 277 words
    5. KOREA
      1. H.M. Minister and Bishop of Korea 311 words
      2. Geneva Convention 150 words
      3. U.K.-Soviet Discussions 599 words
      4. Egyptian Government Statement 327 words
    6. CHINA (OIL SUPPLIES) 269 words
    7. ARAB REFUGEES (ASSISTANCE) 252 words
    8. U.K. AND ROUMANIA (DIPLOMATIC STAFFS) 164 words
    9. UNITED NATIONS (SECRETARIAT) 162 words
    10. PACIFIC PACT PROPOSAL 200 words
    11. COLONIAL EMPIRE (JEHOVAH WITNESSES) 195 words
    12. WEST INDIES
      1. University Courses 107 words
      2. Unemployment 250 words
      3. Jamaica (Dispute) 150 words
    13. GOLD COAST (U.N.E.S.C.O. REPRESENTATIVE) 182 words
    14. WALES (ADVISORY COUNCIL) 159 words
    15. NATIONALISED INDUSTRIES (TRADE UNIONS) 223 words
    16. SIX POINT GROUP (CIRCULAR) 371 words
    17. WESTERN EUROPE (DEFENCE) 560 words
    18. COMMONWEALTH DEFENCE 261 words
    19. ARMED FORCES (EQUIPMENT) 515 words
  5. EXPLOSION, PORTSMOUTH HARBOUR 755 words
  6. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 42 words
  7. ORDERS OF THE DAY
    1. SUPPLY 3 words
    2. CIVIL ESTIMATES, 1950–51 113 words
  8. OPENCAST COAL PRODUCTION 24,830 words
  9. CLASS 1
    1. TREASURY AND SUBORDINATE DEPARTMENTS 83 words
  10. EUROPEAN PAYMENTS UNION 24,920 words
  11. ISLE OF MAN (CUSTOMS) BILL 15 words
  12. COUNCIL OF EUROPE (IMMUNITIES AND PRIVILEGES) 55 words
  13. UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION (IMMUNITIES AND PRIVILEGES) 10,340 words
  14. TRANSPORT (EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION) 3,813 words
  15. UNEMPLOYMENT (MIDDLE-AGED PERSONS) 3,870 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 19 July 1950

  1. ROYAL AIR FORCE
    1. Flying Scholarship Schemes 84 words
    2. Airborne Forces (Training) 66 words
  2. CIVIL AVIATION
    1. Flying-Boat Services, Southampton—South Africa 37 words
    2. Services, Malta 161 words
    3. ARMED FORCES (USE IN STRIKES) 60 words
  3. FOOD SUPPLIES
    1. Banana Imports 112 words
    2. Meat (Marketing, London) 41 words
    3. Condemned Mutton, Islington 124 words
    4. Meat Pies (Manufacture) 46 words
    5. Milk Delivery, London 48 words
  4. WEST AFRICA
    1. Development Schemes, Gambia 84 words
    2. Sierra Leone (Constitution) 119 words
  5. WEST INDIES
    1. Trinidad (Civil Servants) 81 words
    2. British Honduras (Development Plan) 100 words
    3. British Guiana (Forestry) 163 words
    4. Antigua (Trade Union) 121 words
    5. Constitutional Reform, Leeward Islands 253 words
  6. COLONIAL EMPIRE
    1. African Graduates, British Universities 103 words
    2. Students' Hostels 194 words
    3. Colonial Development Corporation (Report) 39 words
  7. MALAYA AND SINGAPORE
    1. Administrative Officers (Training) 86 words
    2. Rice Deliveries 77 words
    3. Rural Development 399 words
    4. NORTHERN RHODESIA (BROADCASTING) 82 words
  8. POST OFFICE
    1. Printed Paper Rate 49 words
    2. Correspondence (Customs Examination) 79 words
    3. Foreign Postage Rates 79 words
    4. Braille Books (Postage Rates) 30 words
    5. Overseas Forces (Postage Rates) 59 words
    6. Drawings and Negatives (Damage) 91 words
    7. Aircraft (Mail Carriage) 52 words
  9. TELEPHONE SERVICE
    1. Installations 16 words
    2. Kiosks 156 words
    3. Exchange, Barnet 77 words
    4. Applications, Bristol 89 words
    5. Subscribers (Change of Address) 81 words
  10. TELEVISION
    1. Stations (Coverage) 74 words
    2. Station, Central Scotland 74 words
  11. BROADCASTING
    1. B.B.C. (Publication) 71 words
    2. Vehicles (Interference Suppressors) 87 words
    3. TERRITORIAL ARMY (N.A.A.F.I.) 133 words
  12. NATIONAL FINANCE
    1. Colonies (Gold and Dollar Balance) 49 words
    2. Dollar Exports (Colonies) 68 words
    3. FIGHTER-BOMBER AIRCRAFT 31 words
    4. TOWN PLANNING PROPOSALS 68 words
    5. BURNHAM COMMITTEE (REPRESENTATION) 81 words
    6. PALACE OF WESTMINSTER (ADMISSION QUEUES) 119 words
    7. WHITE FISH INDUSTRY (SUBSIDY SCHEME) 48 words
  13. NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE
    1. Tuberculosis Sanatoria, Wales (Waiting Lists) 36 words
    2. Mental Defectives, Newcastle Region 91 words
  14. ROYAL NAVY
    1. Military Targets, Korea (Air Attacks) 75 words
    2. Explosion, Portsmouth Harbour 74 words