24 October 1950

Commons Sitting of 24 October 1950

  1. Preamble 8 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. NEW COMMONS CHAMBER
    1. Thanks to Donors of Gifts 97 words
    2. Messages from Overseas Legislatures 550 words
  4. ADJOURNMENT MOTIONS UNDER STANDING ORDER No. 9 46 words
  5. CLOSURE OF DEBATE (STANDING ORDER No. 29) 207 words
  6. PRIVATE BILLS AND PRIVATE BUSINESS 284 words
  7. PUBLIC BILLS 117 words
  8. PUBLIC PETITIONS 28 words
  9. SELECT COMMITTEES 95 words
  10. SITTINGS OF THE HOUSE AND BUSINESS OF SUPPLY 109 words
  11. STANDING COMMITTEES 188 words
  12. ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
    1. SCOTLAND
      1. Private Building Licences 159 words
      2. Physiotherapists' Qualifications (Report) 103 words
      3. Tenancy of Shops Act (Extension) 116 words
      4. Teachers' Pensions (Payment) 215 words
      5. Forestry Commission Cottages (Site) 175 words
      6. Farm, Glenisla 277 words
      7. Housing, Scotstoun 425 words
      8. Local Authority Houses (Construction Time) 72 words
      9. Chemists (Dispensing Fees) 442 words
      10. Hospital Treatment (Complaints) 134 words
      11. Armadale Pier (Reconstruction) 58 words
      12. Agricultural Land (Use) 368 words
      13. Spey Drainage Scheme 157 words
      14. Housing Programme 77 words
      15. Norwegian Timber Houses 230 words
      16. White Fish Authority (Terms of Reference) 165 words
      17. Sheriff Substitutes 334 words
    2. DISABLED PERSONS (TRICYCLES) 211 words
    3. TERRITORIAL ARMY
      1. Rifle Practice, East Cheshire 189 words
      2. Establishments 308 words
    4. BRITISH ARMY
      1. Called-Up Reservists 239 words
      2. Courts-Martial 65 words
      3. Cadet Force (Visits, Germany and Austria) 64 words
      4. Ordnance Depot, Bicester (Staff) 114 words
      5. Bomb Accident, Pendle Hill 216 words
      6. Reservists (Medical Examination) 346 words
      7. Anti-Aircraft Resources, Germany 71 words
      8. East and West African Troops 393 words
      9. Operational Formations (Organisation) 242 words
      10. Overseas Allowances, Hong Kong 198 words
      11. Armoured Division, Germany 405 words
      12. Equipment, Germany 167 words
      13. Personal Case 246 words
    5. TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING
      1. Brecon Beacons (Inquiry) 140 words
      2. Toll House, Hampstead Lane 261 words
    6. NATIONAL INSURANCE
      1. Sick Visiting 166 words
      2. Sickness Certificates 212 words
      3. Silicosis and Pneumoconiosis 220 words
      4. Polish Hostels 107 words
    7. SOCIALISED INDUSTRIES (APPOINTMENTS) 204 words
    8. FIELD MARSHAL SMUTS (MEMORIAL) 119 words
    9. TAXATION OF PROFITS AND INCOME (ROYAL COMMISSION) 180 words
    10. QUESTIONS TO MINISTERS 312 words
    11. FESTIVAL OF BRITAIN 142 words
    12. BROADCASTING (COMMITTEE'S REPORT) 94 words
    13. NATIONAL FINANCE (ULTIMUS HAERES ACCOUNT) 123 words
  13. NEW COMMONS CHAMBER
    1. Message from The King 79 words
    2. Motion for Address in Reply 3,118 words
    3. Message of Thanks to the Lords 2,215 words
  14. SPEED LIMIT (ESTATE CARS) 4,481 words
  15. BISCUITS (CHARGES) 1,807 words
  16. WOOL TEXTILE INDUSTRY (LEVY) 1,730 words
    1. SCOTTISH MILK MARKETING SCHEME 28 words
    2. SUNDAY CINEMATOGRAPH ENTERTAINMENTS 45 words
  17. UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION (IMMUNITIES AND PRIVILEGES) 1,375 words
  18. BRIDGE, RUNCORN—WIDNES 3,975 words
  19. BRITISH MUSEUM (CARYATID) 1,360 words
  20. RAILWAY SLEEPING CARS 961 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 24 October 1950

  1. SCOTLAND
    1. Local Authority Tenants 68 words
    2. Boatslip, Sheildaig 75 words
  2. BRITISH ARMY (BRICKLAYER'S TRADE TEST) 116 words
  3. NATIONAL FINACE
    1. Isle of Man (Customs Accounts) 147 words
    2. Statutory Instruments 68 words
    3. Savings Certificate (Value) 78 words
    4. Gold and Dollar Reserves 47 words
    5. Officers' Widows (Pensions) 58 words
    6. Planning (Compensation) 74 words
    7. Assessments 64 words
    8. Post-war Credits 41 words
    9. Government Expenditure 55 words
    10. Cost of Living 302 words
    11. Wharf, Hull (Sufferance Privilege) 106 words
    12. Essential War Stocks 46 words
    13. Gas Water Heaters 76 words
    14. Purchase Tax Coupons 70 words
    15. Rearmament (Memorandum) 81 words
    16. Anglo-Italian Payments Agreement 146 words
    17. Sterling Balances 115 words
    18. United Nations Monthly Bulletin 61 words
    19. Purchased Annuities 64 words
    20. Japanese Assets (British Claims) 78 words
  4. TRADE AND COMMERCE
    1. Cotton Textiles (Export) 73 words
    2. Factory, Cardiff 73 words
    3. Waste Paper (Collection) 168 words
    4. Seed Potatoes 121 words
    5. Commodities (Prices) 135 words
    6. Edge Tool Manufacturing Association 59 words
    7. Hessian 75 words
    8. Newsprint (Exports) 117 words
    9. Molybdenum (Control) 93 words
    10. Timber Supplies 41 words
    11. China and Woollen Goods 72 words
    12. Glycerine 87 words
  5. NATIONAL INSURANCE
    1. Old Age Pensioners 91 words
    2. Compositors (Benefit) 94 words
  6. EMPLOYMENT
    1. Factory, Cardiff 85 words
    2. Russian Deserters 128 words
    3. Unemployed, Cardiff (Statistics) 225 words
    4. Unemployed, Scotstoun (Statistics) 140 words
    5. Factory Inspectorate 79 words
    6. Printing Industry (Dispute) 147 words
    7. Unemployment, Wallasey (Statistics) 39 words
  7. NATIONAL SERVICE (CALL UP) 101 words
  8. COST OF LIVING INDEX 74 words
  9. TRANSPORT
    1. Road Fund 86 words
    2. Tunnel, Glasgow 102 words
  10. PREMISES, MENSTON-IN-WHARFEDALE (REQUISITIONING) 62 words
  11. HOUSING
    1. Subsidies 147 words
    2. Orpington and Dartford 71 words
    3. Camp, Swindon 87 words
    4. Reconditioning Grants 75 words
    5. Television Aerials 43 words
  12. NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE
    1. Cortisone 96 words
    2. Aureomycin and Terramycin 46 words
  13. DAY NURSERIES, STOKE-ON-TRENT 76 words
  14. WATER SUPPLIES (RURAL AREAS) 35 words
  15. NEW MOTOR CARS (PRIORITY) 85 words
  16. AGRICULTURE
    1. Bracken Land, Patley Bridge 95 words
    2. Petrol Tax (Refund) 73 words
    3. Land, Burton Latimer (Purchase) 61 words
    4. Straying Sheep (Damage) 197 words
  17. BUTTER AND CHEESE PRICES 73 words
  18. HAMPSHIRE RIVER BOARD SCHEME 339 words
  19. HOUSE OF COMMONS (CATERING) 105 words
  20. COMMUNIST ACTIVITES 119 words
  21. JAPANESE WAR CRIMINALS 70 words
  22. TELEVISION (INTERFERENCE) 75 words