House of Commons debates
Tuesday, 25 November 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 — Scotland (0 speeches)
- United States, Canada and Africa (Trade) (4 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he is aware of the opportunities existing in the United States of America, Canada and Africa for the sale of the products of Scottish trade and...
- Red Deer (4 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland to what figure he aims to reduce the red deer population in Scotland; what percentage of the present red deer population he estimates this to be; and how...
- Moira Anderson and Elizabeth Nicol (4 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he will call for a report from the chief constable concerned on the disappearance of Moira Anderson from Coatbridge on 23rd February, 1957, and...
- River Forth (Pollution) (4 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what progress is being made with the prevention of pollution in the River Forth and estuary; and whether he will take steps to ensure that pollution will...
- Road Works, Lanarkshire (2 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make more money available to Lanark county for road work and absorb many of the unemployed men now signing the unemployed register.
- Teachers (Recruitment Grants) (4 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will consider making more generous grants to persons willing to give up their employment to train for the teaching profession.
- Hermitage Secondary School, Helensburgh (4 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he has received a memorandum from the Hermitage Parent-Teacher Association with regard to the conditions prevailing at the Hermitage Secondary School,...
- School Children (Christmas Work) (5 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland why, in view of the unemployment situation in Scotland and of the importance of education, he has authorised education authorities to exempt school...
- Road Junction, Dundee (Accidents) (2 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what steps he is taking to prevent further motor accidents at the junction of the Kingsway and the Forfar Road in the City of Dundee.
- Dental Facilities, Outer Isles (3 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what steps have been taken to find a successor or successors to the dentist now relinquishing his appointment in the Invernessshire Outer Isles.
- National Health Service Patients, Western Isles (8 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether, in view of the financial burden upon National Health Service patients from the Western Isles having to pay the cost of travel to distant centres...
- Employment (Public Projects) (2 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many public projects additional to those in the normal programmes have been commenced specifically to relieve unemployment in Scotland; and what is...
- Duke Street Prison Site (4 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will indicate the date on which the Duke Street Prison site was made available to Glasgow Corporation; and if he has yet received from that local...
- North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board (4 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he has yet completed the research which he undertook to make into the questions raised by the hon. Member for the Western Isles on 21st January...
- Physically Handicapped Persons (Welfare Services) (4 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what steps he is taking to ensure that the provisions of the National Assistance Act, 1948, concerning welfare services for the physically-handicapped,...
- Aircraft Industry (5 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he is aware of the concern about unemployment in, and the future of, the aircraft industry in Scotland; and if he will make a statement on the...
- Islands (Sale) (10 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland to what extent, in the public sale of islands and parts of islands in Scotland, there are controls exercised by the Government to see that they do not...
- Maternity Hospital, Glasgow (7 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will now authorise a start to the construction of the new maternity hospital in Glasgow originally intended to begin in 1958–59.
- St. Bartholomew's Hospital (Clinic) (2 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he is aware of the proposal to establish a clinic at St. Bartholomew's Hospital for free examination for early diagnosis of cancer; and if he will ask...
- Law Reform (Reports) (8 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he has considered the First and Second Reports of the Law Reform Committee for Scotland; and whether it is his policy to introduce legislation to...
- Land Registration (Committee) (4 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether it is now his policy to reconstitute the Committee on Land Registration in Scotland, the McMillan Committee.
- Oral Answers to Questions — John Waters (5 speeches)
asked the Lord Advocate why the charge against Police Constables Gunn and Harper for assaulting and injuring John Waters, aged 15 years, was not proceeded with after the Procurator Fiscal, Wick,...
- Oral Answers to Questions — Trade and Commerce (0 speeches)
- Engineering Firms, Aberdeen (Foreign Orders) (4 speeches)
asked the President of the Board of Trade, in view of the need for foreign orders by Aberdeen engineering firms, what efforts he has made, and with what success, in conjunction with the Secretary...
- Industrial Development Certificates (6 speeches)
asked the President of the Board of Trade how many applications for industrial development certificates were received by his Department during the six months ended 31st October, 1958; and how...
- Weights and Measures (Prepacked Foodstuffs) (9 speeches)
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he has considered the representations made by women's organisations with regard to his proposed Regulations concerning the weight marking on...
- Exports to New Zealand (6 speeches)
asked the President of the Board of Trade what estimate he has formed of the effect on United Kingdom exports of the new import restrictions imposed by the New Zealand Government.
- European Common Market (2 speeches)
asked the President of the Board of Trade what proportion of United Kingdom exports to the six Common Market countries will be liable to duty after the common external tariff comes into operation...
- Machine Tools (7 speeches)
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether his attention has been drawn to the increasing tendency of machine tool manufacturers in this country to act as agents for foreign manufacturers...
- China (Trade) (4 speeches)
asked the President of the Board of Trade to what extent the current level of trade between the United Kingdom and China is higher now than it was twelve months and two years ago, respectively;...
- Lowestoft and Beccles (6 speeches)
asked the President of the Board of Trade what considerations he had in mind when excluding the towns of Lowestoft and Beccles, in the area of north-east Suffolk, under the Distribution of...
- West South Wales (4 speeches)
asked the President of the Board of Trade, in view of the unemployment in West South Wales, what plans the Government have to establish new industries in the area.
- Tung Oil (4 speeches)
asked the President of the Board of Trade what action he proposes to take by way of introducing preferences or quotas to protect the legitimate interests of Commonwealth producers of tung oil in...
- Oral Answers to Questions — National Finance (0 speeches)
- Income Tax (Schedule A) (6 speeches)
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is his estimate of the number of claims received in each of the last ten years from owner-occupiers of residential property for relief from Income Tax,...
- British Economic Minister, Washington (8 speeches)
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer on what date he recently appointed the British Economic Minister in Washington; on what date this Minister takes office; and whether he will give the name...
- Commercial Vehicle Chassis (Tax) (5 speeches)
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) whether he is aware that the British share of the export trade in goods vehicles by the principal producing countries has fallen from 45·4 per cent....
- Oral Answers to Questions — Summit Conference (8 speeches)
asked the Prime Minister, in view of the recent official statement of the Soviet Prime Minister, to what extent it remains the policy of Her Majesty's Government to participate in a Summit Conference.
- Oral Answers to Questions — Scottish Aviation Limited (9 speeches)
asked the Prime Minister the nature of the communications he has recently received from local authorities in Ayrshire on the future of the aircraft industry in the country and its effect on local...
- Oral Answers to Questions — STANDING ORDER No. 105 (WITHDRAWAL OF STRANGERS) (19 speeches)
asked the Prime Minister whether he will propose an amendment to Standing Order No. 105 to ensure that the power of the House to exclude strangers should be extended to permit of the House by...
- Oral Answers to Questions — Tania Szabo (Pension) (4 speeches)
asked the Prime Minister whether he is aware that the education grant given to the daughter of Violette Szabo, G.C., who was shot by the Nazis in the last war, is in danger of being reduced on...
- Oral Answers to Questions — Atomic Energy Authority (Beryllium Supplies) (4 speeches)
asked the Prime Minister by what method the Atomic Energy Authority is obtaining sufficient beryllium for its requirements; and to what extent there exists a partnership between the Atomic Energy...
- Oral Answers to Questions — New Member Sworn (0 speeches)
Patrick Wolrige-Gordon, esquire, for East Aberdeenshire.
- Business of the House (0 speeches)
Proceedings on the Development of Inventions Bill exempted, at this day's Sitting, from the provisions of Standing Order No. 1 (Sittings of the House).—[The Prime Minister.]
- Orders of the Day — Representation of the People (Amendment) Bill (209 speeches)
Order for Third Reading read.
- Orders of the Day — Development of Inventions [Money] (0 speeches)
Resolution reported,That, for the purposes of any Act of the present Session to extend the period during which advances may be made to the National Research Development Corporation out of the...
- Orders of the Day — Development of Inventions Bill (0 speeches)
Considered in Committee; reported, without Amendment; read the Third time and passed.
- Orders of the Day — Armed Forces (Housing Loans) Bill (0 speeches)
Read the Third time and passed.
- Orders of the Day — Building (Scotland) [Money] (0 speeches)
Resolution reported,That, for the purposes of any Act of the present Session to make as respects Scotland new provision for safety, health and other matters in respect of the construction of...
- Orders of the Day — Factories [Money] (0 speeches)
Resolution reported,That, for the purposes of any Act of the present Session to amend the Factories Acts, 1937 and 1948, and make further provision as to the health, safety, and welfare of...
- Crawley Hospital (7 speeches)
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Chichester-Clark.]
