23 March 1950

Commons Sitting of 23 March 1950

  1. Preamble 8 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. PRIVATE BUSINESS 28 words
  4. ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
    1. NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE
      1. Health Centres 187 words
      2. Chemists (Payments) 473 words
      3. Hospital Beds 200 words
      4. Kingston Hospital Committee (Appointments) 318 words
      5. Hospital Boards and Committees 104 words
      6. Tuberculosis Cases 134 words
      7. Injured Miners (Treatment) 111 words
      8. Prescriptions (Payment) 149 words
      9. Medical Services (Accounts) 344 words
      10. Hospital Securities (Sale) 77 words
      11. Maternity Accommodation, Cornwall 79 words
      12. Hospital Glassware 725 words
      13. Deaf Aids 122 words
      14. Mental Patients 229 words
      15. Adoption Orders 142 words
      16. Spectacles 314 words
      17. Mental Hospitals (Staffing) 124 words
      18. Nurses (Salary Scales) 338 words
    2. HOUSING
      1. Requirements 180 words
      2. Huts, Colchester 219 words
      3. Farm Workers' Cottages 352 words
      4. Building Licences 183 words
      5. Rent Appeals 322 words
      6. Local Authorities (Allocations) 151 words
      7. Census 126 words
      8. Property Values 133 words
      9. Haig Homes, Cardiff 68 words
    3. WATER SUPPLIES
      1. Aust, Gloucestershire 152 words
      2. Congleton 140 words
      3. Rural Areas 246 words
    4. AMBULANCE OFFICER, BEDFORD (CAR) 300 words
    5. SEWERAGE SCHEME, LLANGOLLEN 56 words
    6. HERTFORDSHIRE (POPULATION) 192 words
    7. PARK HOTEL, PRESTON 67 words
    8. FESTIVAL OF BRITAIN 663 words
    9. AGRICULTURE
      1. Oxfordshire County Committee (Staff) 106 words
      2. Livestock (Damage by Dogs) 90 words
      3. Horses (Export and Slaughter) 162 words
      4. Open-cast Mining, Flintshire 126 words
      5. Potatoes 99 words
      6. Tractors 137 words
      7. Marginal Land 516 words
      8. New Price Schedules 1,024 words
      9. LIVESTOCK AND LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS 204 words
      10. CROPS 153 words
      11. SCHEME FOR ENCOURAGING THE USE OF FERTILISERS FOR IMPROVING GRASSLAND AND MARGINAL LAND 194 words
      12. EXTENSION OF MARGINAL PRODUCTION SCHEMES 236 words
      13. Skilled Workers 198 words
      14. Poultry 325 words
      15. Beekeeping (Regulations) 79 words
    10. CRABS (MARKETING) 58 words
    11. NATIONAL FINANCE
      1. Dog Licences 33 words
      2. Wages (Policy) 96 words
      3. Post-war Credits 101 words
    12. GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS
      1. Retiring Age 159 words
      2. Civil Servants (Political Rights) 136 words
      3. Public Relations and Press Officers 231 words
  5. MEMBER FOR WEST BELFAST (ELIGIBILITY) 805 words
  6. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 2,482 words
  7. AMENDMENTS TO BILLS (CIRCULATION) 141 words
  8. NEW WRIT (ATTORNEY -GENERAL'S STATEMENT) 690 words
  9. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 45 words
  10. ORDERS OF THE DAY
    1. SUPPLY 11 words
    2. CIVIL ESTIMATES AND ESTIMATES FOR REVENUE DEPARTMENTS, SUPPLE MENTARY ESTIMATE, 1949–50.
      1. CLASS 11 VOTE 2. DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR ESTABLISHMENTS, &C. 66 words
  11. BURMA (SHORT-TERM LOAN) 12,119 words
  12. BURMAH OIL CO. (GUARANTEE) 11,274 words
  13. CLASS VI VOTE 16. MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION 55 words
  14. B.O.A.C. (GRANTS) 13,186 words
  15. CLASS IX VOTE 2. MINISTRY OF FOOD 61 words
  16. IMPORTED MEAT SUPPLIES 7,376 words, 1 division
  17. ARMY ESTIMATES, 1950–51 204 words
  18. CIVIL ESTIMATES AND ESTIMATES FOR REVENUE DEPARTMENTS, SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATES, 1949–50. 592 words
  19. WAYS AND MEANS 139 words
  20. MEMBERS' FUND 41 words
  21. POLES, LUDFORD (FOOD REGISTRATIONS) 5,029 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 23 March 1950

  1. THANKSGIVING APPEAL (CONTRIBUTIONS) 148 words
  2. NATIONAL FINANCE
    1. Pound Sterling (Purchasing Power) 109 words
    2. Double Taxation (India) 47 words
    3. European Payments Agreement 46 words
    4. Conscience Money 34 words
  3. HOUSING
    1. Girdwood Committee (Second Report) 30 words
    2. Rent Tribunals 45 words
    3. Aged Persons 108 words
    4. Slum Clearance 78 words
  4. NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE
    1. Nurses 101 words
    2. Dentures (Supply) 76 words
    3. Health Centres 124 words
    4. Outstanding Accounts 173 words
  5. EMPLOYMENT
    1. Disabled Persons 351 words
    2. Displaced Persons 83 words
    3. Iron Foundries (Conditions) 109 words
    4. Medical Practitioners 94 words
    5. Holidays with Pay 79 words
    6. Foreign Film Artistes (Permits) 176 words
    7. I.L.O. Conventions 161 words
    8. Ramsgate and Margate 119 words
    9. Gateshead 43 words
    10. NATIONAL SERVICE (MEDICAL UNFITNESS) 50 words
  6. EDUCATION
    1. Loans to Students 85 words
    2. Exchanges of Pupils 89 words
    3. Teachers' Salaries 103 words
    4. Special Schools 253 words
    5. Community Centres 52 words
    6. Home Decoration Class, Warrington 118 words
    7. Furniture Industry (Apprentices) 112 words
    8. Inspections (Primary Schools) 52 words
    9. School Children (Nutrition) 83 words
  7. BECHUANALAND
    1. Native Administration 107 words
    2. Development 580 words
    3. Mr. and Mrs. Bradshaw 85 words
  8. TRADE AND COMMERCE
    1. Monopolies Commission 193 words
    2. Canadian Timber 90 words
    3. New Factories 94 words
    4. TAXICABS, LONDON 154 words
    5. ELECTORAL ARRANGEMENTS 657 words
    6. CRIMES OF VIOLENCE 290 words
    7. SUMMER TIME (DATES) 29 words
    8. UNLICENSED FIREARMS 128 words
    9. CUP FINAL TICKETS (SALE) 91 words
    10. ALIENS (NATURALISATION) 50 words
  9. POLICE
    1. Entry Age 146 words
    2. Metropolitan Area (Strength) 76 words
    3. Special Constabulary 118 words
    4. BORSTAL INSTITUTION (ABSCONDERS) 75 words
  10. CIVIL DEFENCE
    1. Spectacles 40 words
    2. Air-raid Shelters 60 words
    3. FILM PRODUCTION (CHILDREN) 99 words
    4. CONTRACEPTIVES (MODEL BYLAWS) 41 words
  11. FOOD SUPPLIES
    1. Pigs (Marking) 54 words
    2. Eggs 31 words
    3. Wild Duck 88 words
    4. Animal Feedingstuffs 53 words
    5. QUEDGELEY SCHOOL (EXTENSIONS) 33 words
    6. SEYCHELLES (ELECTIONS) 71 words
    7. SURPLUS TEXTILE CORPORATION (SALES) 60 words
    8. POISONOUS INSECTICIDES 61 words

Lords Sitting of 23 March 1950

  1. Preamble 14 words
  2. Prayers 13 words
  3. SUMMER TIME ORDER, 1950 70 words
  4. CRIMES OF VIOLENCE 31,172 words
  5. STATUTE LAW REVISION BILL. [H.L.] 8 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 23 March 1950

  1. FUEL FOR COOKERS 280 words