26 October 1950

Commons Sitting of 26 October 1950

  1. Preamble 260 words
  2. WELCOME TO COMMONWEALTH SPEAKERS 2,250 words
  3. ADDRESS TO HIS MAJESTY 532 words
  4. His Majesty's Reply 794 words
  5. MESSAGES FROM THE KING 150 words
  6. ROYAL ASSENT 123 words
  7. PROROGATION 1,467 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 26 October 1950

  1. POLICE
    1. Recruitment 178 words
    2. Traffic Patrol Duties, West End 126 words
    3. Special Constables 308 words
  2. CRIMES OF VIOLENCE 162 words
  3. FIRE SERVICE
    1. Central Advisory Council (Communists) 252 words
    2. Rates of Pay 78 words
  4. MOTOR VEHICLES, LONDON (THEFTS) 91 words
  5. ATTENDANCE AND DETENTION CENTRES 95 words
  6. SALE OF POISONS (CONTROL) 66 words
  7. TAXI FARES (METERS) 124 words
  8. TAXIS, LONDON (SIX-MILE LIMIT) 194 words
  9. NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE
    1. Tuberculosis Sanatoria (Waiting Lists) 34 words
  10. Hearing Aids 55 words
  11. Spectacles Supply 132 words
  12. Cancer Patiente (Hospital Accommodation) 85 words
  13. Hospitals (In-Patient Costs) 78 words
  14. Hospital Staffs (Pay) 52 words
  15. Hortham Brentry Hospital Group (Staff) 164 words
  16. PUBLIC HEALTH
    1. Reception Area (Winchester) 49 words
    2. Health Control Form No. 2 106 words
    3. Nurses' Registration Fees 116 words
  17. HOUSING
    1. Stamford Battle Area (Evacuated Persons) 77 words
    2. Reconditioning, Sicklesmere 76 words
    3. Dorran Aluminium Houses 31 words
    4. Temporary Hutments, Ufford 88 words
    5. Building Materials Supply, Sevenoaks 77 words
    6. Building Licences, Sheffield 131 words
  18. LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT (RATING AREAS) 75 words
  19. WATER SUPPLIES
    1. Marchington Woodlands 47 words
    2. East Suffolk 300 words
  20. EMPLOYMENT
    1. Retail Prices Index 161 words
    2. Ex-Officers 153 words
    3. Wage Rates 154 words
    4. London Printing Dispute (Report) 96 words
    5. Unemployment, North Staffordshire 53 words
    6. Football Pools 137 words
  21. EDUCATION
    1. Technological Training 55 words
    2. Technical State Scholarships 118 words
    3. Local Authority Grants 130 words
    4. Students, Welwyn (Cheap Fares) 86 words
  22. TRADE AND COMMERCE
    1. Statutory Bodies 69 words
    2. Citrus Fruits (Preference) 137 words
    3. Ladies' Hats (U.S. Duties) 134 words
    4. Czechoslovak Motor Cycles (Imports) 78 words
    5. Development Councils 57 words
    6. Earthenware (New Zealand Tariffs) 73 words
    7. Rayon (Australian Import Duty) 70 words
  23. AGRICULTURE
    1. Milling Wheats 77 words
    2. Animal Feedingstuffs 83 words
    3. Rabbits (Destruction) 103 words
    4. Pig Production 112 words
    5. Imported Foodstuffs 124 words
  24. FORESTRY (STANDING TIMBER PURCHASES) 84 words
  25. WHALING (ELECTRIC KILLING APPARATUS) 62 words
  26. NATIONAL FINANCE
    1. Pound (Purchasing Power) 114 words
    2. Cortisone (Importation) 65 words
    3. Income Tax (Yield) 48 words
    4. Purchase Tax 106 words
    5. Overseas Visitors (Customs Charges) 140 words
    6. Entertainments Duty 82 words
  27. FOOD SUPPLIES
    1. Pork and Bacon (Statistics) 126 words
    2. Hill Lambs, Scotland (Grading) 64 words
    3. Condemned Meat 230 words
    4. Rabbit Stocks 120 words
    5. Frozen Polish Geese 101 words
    6. Dried Eggs and Egg Powders 88 words
  28. PORT OF CARDIFF (TRADE) 226 words
  29. FUEL AND POWER
    1. Consumers' Councils (Secretaries) 108 words
    2. Colliery Accidents (Funds) 126 words
  30. POST OFFICE
    1. First Delivery, Highgate 90 words
    2. Deaf Telephone Subscribers (Amplifiers) 66 words
    3. Telephone Kiosk, Sizewell 93 words
  31. TRANSPORT
    1. Consumers' Councils (Secretaries) 96 words
    2. Leytonstone Station (Works) 86 words
    3. Trawlers (Safety Precautions) 213 words
  32. BRITISH ARMY
    1. Compensation Claim 63 words
    2. Special Campaign Pensions 116 words
    3. Royal West African Frontier Force 197 words
  33. MINISTRY OF SUPPLY
    1. Royal Ordnance Factories (Zinc) 80 words
    2. Motor Cars (Home Allocation) 61 words
  34. COLONIAL EMPIRE
    1. Trade and Tariffs Conference 72 words
    2. Strike, Nigeria 170 words
  35. REGENT'S PARK (LIDO) 59 words
  36. OLD AGE PENSIONS 99 words
  37. GERMANY (MARTIN BORMANN) 137 words