House of Commons debates
Wednesday, 16 July 1958
- Preamble (0 speeches)
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
- Prayers (0 speeches)
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
- Private Business (0 speeches)
- Oral Answers to Questions — Royal Navy (0 speeches)
- Pensions (7 speeches)
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty if he is aware of the disquiet caused by the anomalies in the new pension rates as between non-commissioned officers who retired in 1954, or...
- Fleet Air Arm (Twenty-first Anniversary) (3 speeches)
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty what arrangements are being made to celebrate the 21st anniversary of the Fleet Air Arm.
- H.M.S. "Albion" (Schoolboys' Visit) (4 speeches)
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty what facilities have been offered for schoolboys to spend a week at sea in H.M.S. "Albion" during August.
- Admiralty Establishments, Plymouth (Employment) (3 speeches)
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty how many men and women, established and non-established, are at present employed in Her Majesty's Dockyard, Devonport, and other naval...
- Devonport Dockyard (Modernisations and Refits) (4 speeches)
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty what ships are being refitted in Her Majesty's Dockyard, Devonport; and to what extent modernisation of sleeping quarters, messrooms and galleys...
- Dilutee Shipwrights, Devonport Dockyard (4 speeches)
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty if he will make a statement in regard to the policy of the Admiralty concerning dilutee shipwrights, established and non-established who are at...
- Signalmen (Title) (6 speeches)
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty why signalmen in the Royal Navy are now officially described as tactical communication operators.
- Oral Answers to Questions — Shipbuilding (0 speeches)
- Advisory Committee (8 speeches)
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty on how many occasions the Shipbuilding Advisory Committee has met this year, and what matters it has under consideration.
- North-East Coast (Orders) (6 speeches)
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty what is the tonnage of orders placed so far this year with north-east coast shipyards and the tonnage of orders with such shipyards which have...
- Oral Answers to Questions — British Army (0 speeches)
- Service Voters (Wives) (5 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for War what proportion of the wives of officers and soldiers living with their husbands abroad are registered as Service voters.
- Regiments (Amalgamation) (4 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for War if he will make a further statement regarding the proposed amalgamation of the Somerset Light Infantry and the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry.
- Territorial Army (Training Allowance) (4 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for War whether, in view of the rôle to be played by the Territorial Army in modern defence, he will reconsider his decision to cut the training allowance.
- Maryhill Barracks (4 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for War if he is now in a position to indicate when the barracks at Maryhill will be given up.
- Defence (Central Organisation) (4 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for War what changes are to take place in his Department in consequence of the proposed change in the organisation of the Ministry of Defence.
- Members' Constituents (Statements) (6 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for War what facilities he will place at the disposal of Members in order that they may check the statements of constituents serving abroad, prior to such statements...
- Religious Services and Church Parades (4 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for War approximately what percentage of officers and other ranks now volunteer to attend religious services and church parades, previously obligatory; whether those...
- Stores (Waste) (5 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for War if he will make a statement giving details of the machinery that exists in his Department for keeping a check on those responsible for ordering supplies with...
- Frank Mitchell (Escape) (4 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for War if he is aware of the concern arising from the fact that soldiers ordered to search for Frank Mitchell, a mental patient, after his escape from Broadmoor,...
- Sergeant J. Gribbin (11 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for War (1) why 7377842 Sergeant J. Gribbin, No. 36 Company, Royal Army Medical Corps, Tripoli, Libya, as a consequence of his communication to the hon. Member for...
- Oral Answers to Questions — Telephone Service (0 speeches)
- Charges (8 speeches)
asked the Postmaster-General whether he has considered recently abolishing or reducing the extra charges asked of subscribers who live three miles or over from a telephone exchange.
- Kiosks (Design) (4 speeches)
asked the Postmaster-General whether he will make a statement on the proposed new design for telephone kiosks.
- London (4 speeches)
asked the Postmaster-General what recent cuts he has made in the service provided for telephone subscribers in the London area; and whether faults on subscribers' lines can still be dealt with at...
- North Shields Exchange (3 speeches)
asked the Postmaster-General when the North Shields telephone exchange will be converted to the automatic system.
- Oral Answers to Questions — Post Office (0 speeches)
- Postal Services, Poole (4 speeches)
asked the Postmaster-General if, in view of the representations made to him, he has any statement to make about improvements in the Poole postal services.
- New Stamps (10 speeches)
asked the Postmaster-General when he proposes to issue the special stamp for Northern Ireland.
- Oral Answers to Questions — Wireless and Television (0 speeches)
- Band III (Channels) (8 speeches)
asked the Postmaster-General if he will publish the advice he has had from the Television Advisory Committee relative to the allocation of further channels in Band III.
- Oral Answers to Questions — Royal Air Force (0 speeches)
- Maintenance Units, Kirkbride and Silloth (4 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for Air what are his intentions in regard to the No. 12 Maintenance Unit, Kirkbride, and the No. 22 Maintenance Unit, Silloth; and what steps he is taking to assist...
- Aircraft (Nuclear Weapons) (6 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for Air to what extent there has been a change in the former instruction forbidding bombers of the United States Air Force, loaded with the hydrogen bomb, to fly over...
- N.A.T.O. Air Show, Liege (4 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for Air what Royal Air Force aircraft were exhibited at the static display at the recent North Atlantic Treaty Organisation Air Show in Liege.
- Queen's Flight Aircraft (Flight) (4 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for Air what expense was caused to his Department by the flight of an aircraft of the Queen's flight from Acklington to White Waltham, near Windsor, on Sunday, 29th June.
- Married Airmen (Allowances) (4 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for Air (1) why, under his regulations, married airmen under the age of 21 years are not eligible for married quarters, passage for wife, disturbance allowance, and...
- Missiles (6 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for Air whether he has completed planning the manpower required for the maintenance and operation of Blue Streak and other missiles.
- Recruiting (4 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for Air whether the recent improvement in recruiting extends to ex-airmen who have re-enlisted for service.
- Defence (Central Organisation) (5 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for Air what changes are to take place in his Department in consequence of the proposed changes in the organisation of the Ministry of Defence.
- Oral Answers to Questions — Civil Aviation (0 speeches)
- London Airport and Gatwick (Services) (4 speeches)
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation what arrangements are being made for quick transport between London and Gatwick Airports for passengers in transit from the north and south; and...
- Oral Answers to Questions — Transport (0 speeches)
- British Transport Commission (Losses and Capital Expenditure) (12 speeches)
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation what revision of the estimates of the revenues of the British Transport Commission contained in Command Paper No. 9880, Proposals for the...
- Motor Vehicles (Mud Nuisance) (4 speeches)
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation whether his attention has been called to the clouds of finely-divided mud thrown into the atmosphere by heavy motor vehicles in wet weather; and...
- Garages, London (2 speeches)
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation if, in view of his repeated insistence on the urgent need for more multi-storey car parks in London, he will consult the London County Council...
- Appendix "D" (0 speeches)
Open sided garages on sites with satisfactory access for fire-fighting, subject to control under section 20 of the London Building Acts (Amendment) Act, 1939 and the Petroleum (Regulation) Acts,...
- Bus Fares (Appeals) (6 speeches)
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation how many appeals he has had in the last twelve months from bus undertakings against increases of fares laid down by Traffic Commissioners; and...
- Oral Answers to Questions — Roads (0 speeches)
- Birmingham-Preston Motorway (2 speeches)
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation when work will begin on that part of the north Birmingham-north Preston motorway which by-passes the borough of Stafford.
- Tyne Tunnel (4 speeches)
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation if he will now give an estimate of the date when work will be commenced on the Tyne Tunnel.
- Business of the House (0 speeches)
Proceedings on the Chequers Estate Bill, the State of Singapore Bill and the Report of the Committee on Army and Air Expenditure, 1956–57, exempted, at this day's Sitting, from the...
- Middle East (152 speeches)
3.32 p.m.
- Orders of the Day — Chequers Estate [Money] (0 speeches)
Resolution reported,That, for the purposes of any Act of the present Session to amend the deed of settlement set out in the Schedule to the Chequers Estate Act, 1917, and to authorise the payment...
- Orders of the Day — Chequers Estate Bill (0 speeches)
Considered in Committee.
- Orders of the Day — Schedule. — (Amendments of Deed.) (21 speeches)
10.1 p.m.
- Orders of the Day — State of Singapore [Money] (0 speeches)
Resolution reported,That, for the purposes of any Act of the present Session to provide for the establishment of the State of Singapore, it is expedient to authorise the payment out of moneys...
- Orders of the Day — State of Singapore Bill (0 speeches)
Considered in Committee.
- Orders of the Day — Army and Air Expenditure 1956–57 (0 speeches)
Resolutions reported,I. Whereas it appears by the Army Appropriation Account for the year ended on the 31st day of March, 1957, that the aggregate Expenditure on Army Services has not exceeded...
- Orders of the Day — Port of Cardiff (5 speeches)
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Hughes-Young.]
