House of Commons debates
Thursday, 23 July 1959
- Preamble (0 speeches)
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
- Prayers (0 speeches)
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
- Private Business (0 speeches)
- MILFORD HAVEN (TIDAL BARRAGE) BILL [Lords] (4 speeches)
I beg to move, That the Milford Haven (Tidal Barrage) Bill [Lords] be re-committed to the former Committee and that it be an Instruction to the Committee on the re-committed Bill that they have...
- Oral Answers to Questions — Trade and Commerce (0 speeches)
- Stoke-on-Trent (4 speeches)
asked the President of the Board of Trade what further action has been taken to introduce more industrial capacity within the City of Stoke-on-Trent and in North Staffordshire; what are the...
- Pottery Industry (4 speeches)
asked the President of the Board of Trade what recent action has been taken to increase the output of the pottery industry, electrical porcelain products and sanitary fittings; and what are the...
- Trade with China (4 speeches)
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will make a full statement on trade with China; what results have been obtained since the Parliamentary Secretary and others have visited China;...
- Consumer Habits (Report) (2 speeches)
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he has now received the results of the classification and tabulation of the report of his inquiry into consumer habits; and if he will make a...
- Tamworth (4 speeches)
asked the President of the Board of Trade what new industry is planned for Tamworth, Staffordshire.
- Productivity (10 speeches)
asked the President of the Board of Trade what steps he is taking to improve British productivity in view of the fact that the average American worker's output is more than twice that of his...
- Consumer Protection (Committee) (4 speeches)
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will state the qualifications of the members of the Committee appointed to consider the whole question of consumer protection.
- Children's Footwear (Standards) (6 speeches)
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he is now in a position to make a statement upon the discussions which commenced in September last between the British Standards Institution and...
- Electrical Industry (National Approvals Scheme) (4 speeches)
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he is now in a position to make a statement concerning the progress made by the British Standards Institution on a national approvals scheme being...
- Stock Exchange Transactions (Protection of Investors) (4 speeches)
asked the President of the Board of Trade (1) whether he will, by regulation or otherwise, ensure that the Council of Associated Stock Exchanges indicate on their official notepaper not only the...
- Commodities (Prices and Weights) (4 speeches)
asked the President of the Board of Trade what steps he will take to maintain stability of value as well as price in computing costs of food and other items.
- North American Firms, Scotland (8 speeches)
asked the President of the Board of Trade why he finds it difficult to attract North American industrialists to Scotland, in view of the fact that production costs there are much less than in the...
- Citrus Imports (6 speeches)
asked the President of the Board of Trade what assurances he will give to the citrus growers of the West Indies and British Honduras of the continuation of their existing level of imports, or of...
- Wool Exports (United Slates) (6 speeches)
asked the President of the Board of Trade what reply the Government have received to its latest representations to the United States Government about the United States tariff-quota on wool...
- Printers' Ink (4 speeches)
asked the President of the Board of Trade how the current imports of printers' ink from France and elsewhere compare with those of a month ago.
- Tourist Trade (Hotels) (4 speeches)
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he is satisfied that there is sufficient hotel accommodation in London and the provinces to cater for Great Britain's growing tourist trade; and if he...
- North-East Lancashire (4 speeches)
asked the President of the Board of Trade what steps he is taking to encourage new industrial development in the North-East Lancashire Development Area.
- Oral Answers to Questions — Southern Rhodesia and Nyasaland (0 speeches)
- Detained Persons (4 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how many British protected persons of Nyasaland are now detained without trial in Southern Rhodesia and Nyasaland, respectively; and when it is...
- Oral Answers to Questions — Seychelles (0 speeches)
- Development Plan (4 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will now announce the new development plan for the Seychelles.
- Oral Answers to Questions — Cyprus (0 speeches)
- Discussions (4 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies when negotiations regarding the proposed sovereign British bases in Cyprus will be completed; what will be the national status of Cypriots living...
- Colonial Officials (4 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how many Colonial officials from the United Kingdom will be retained in the administration in Cyprus after 31st July and 29th February next,...
- Oral Answers to Questions — Kenya (0 speeches)
- Makerere College (Students) (6 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he is aware that the Kenya Government decided to make a cut in the number of students going to Makerere University College without consulting the...
- Hola Camp (11 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what further action he has decided upon in connection with the Hola deaths, following the Report of the disciplinary tribunal.
- Mr. Campbell (4 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he is fully satisfied with the services of Mr. Campbell, Acting Deputy Commissioner of Prisons in Kenya; and if he will make a statement.
- Detention Camp Administration (Report) (7 speeches)
Mrs. White: asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies when he will publish the Fairn Committee's report on the administration of detention camps in Kenya.
- School, Machakos (4 speeches)
Mrs. White: asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what inquiry has been made into the recent disturbance at the boys' school at Machakos, Kenya; and with what result.
- Oral Answers to Questions — Nyasaland (0 speeches)
- Building Industry (5 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what steps have been taken by the Government of Nyasaland to counteract unemployment in the building industry.
- Constitution (8 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will now make a statement upon the proposed changes in the Nyasaland Protectorate Constitution.
- Commission of Inquiry (Report) (7 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will make a statement on the findings of the Devlin Commission on the disturbances in Nyasaland.
- Oral Answers to Questions — Northern Rhodesia (0 speeches)
- Secondary Industries (4 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what proposals have been made by the Government of Northern Rhodesia to encourage secondary industries in the territory, in view of the warning given...
- Mr. Kanyama Chiume (4 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies under what powers Mr. Kanyama Chiume, Member of the Nyasaland Legislative Council, was prohibited from entering Northern Rhodesia by the Governor of...
- Oral Answers to Questions — Somaliland (0 speeches)
- Meetings (Ordinance) (4 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he is aware that Ordinance No. 1, 1959, issued at Hargeisa, Somaliland, on 5th March, gives power to any police officer not below the rank of...
- Constitution (4 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what further progress has been in preparation for constitutional changes in Somaliland in 1960.
- Oral Answers to Questions — Tanganyika (0 speeches)
- Sports Donation (4 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies for what projects the £25,000 recently given to further sport in Tanganyika by a private industrial concern will be used by the Government; and...
- Expenditure (4 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies, in respect of the current Budget proposals for Tanganyika, what is the estimated amount of development expenditure during the coming financial year...
- African National Union (Proposals) (4 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what answer he has made to the proposals he has received from the Tanganyika African Union for constitutional changes involving elected majorities by...
- United Kingdom Teachers (4 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what arrangements exist for the seconding of teachers from the United Kingdom for service in primary and secondary schools in Tanganyika.
- Schools (8 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how many Government-aided schools have been built in Tanganyika in the last five years; in how many cases consultation took place with the local...
- Oral Answers to Questions — Colonial Territories (0 speeches)
- Prestwick Pioneer Aircraft (4 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what results have so far been secured as a result of his efforts to have Prestwick Pioneer aircraft considered for use, where suitable, in the...
- Financial Aid (4 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies on what basis decisions are taken in regard to extra financial aid to Commonwealth and Colonial Territories, as in the recent cases of Malaya and...
- Sea Island Cotton (4 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what processing plants have been set up for the processing of sea island cotton during the years 1950 to 1959, inclusive; and what encouragement is...
- Oral Answers to Questions — Uganda (0 speeches)
- Buganda (6 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what progress has been made in the settlement of political differences between Buganda and the Government of Uganda.
- Oral Answers to Questions — West Indies (0 speeches)
- Citrus Industry (4 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will make a further statement on the talks with the representatives of the West Indies citrus growers.
- Oral Answers to Questions — Cyprus (2 speeches)
asked the Prime Minister which Ministers will visit Cyprus before Parliament reassembles; and for what purpose.
- Oral Answers to Questions — Atomic Energy (Provincial Exhibitions) (7 speeches)
asked the Prime Minister where the three provincial exhibitions, already planned, illustrating the uses of radio-isotopes in industry will be sited; and when they will take place.
- Oral Answers to Questions — Summit Conference (6 speeches)
asked the Prime Minister if he will now give an approximate limit to the preliminary discussions of the Foreign Secretaries' Conference; and when he now expects that the Summit Conference will...
- Oral Answers to Questions — Sahara (Nuclear Tests) (4 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what communications have been received from Colonial Territories and representatives urging that representations should be made to the French...
- Oral Answers to Questions — British Guiana (0 speeches)
- Shipping Services (Venezuela) (4 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what shipping lines operate from British Guiana to Venezuela, in view of the possibilities of mutual trade between the two territories.
- Oral Answers to Questions — Bahamas (0 speeches)
- House of Assembly Representatives (Out Islands) (4 speeches)
Mrs. White: asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what proposals he has made concerning an increase or decrease of seats for representatives of the Out Islands in the Bahamas House of...
- Oral Answers to Questions — Home Department (0 speeches)
- Civil Defence (Manuals) (6 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will publish in a single volume available to the general public at a cheap price the following Manuals prepared by Her Majesty's...
- Casement Diaries (16 speeches)
The following Questions stood upon the Order Paper:
- Business of the House (29 speeches)
May I ask the Leader of the House whether he will state the business of the House for next week?
- Free Trade Association (Stockholm Discussions) (39 speeches)
The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Derick Heathcoat Amory): I will, with your permission Mr. Speaker, now make a statement about the Stockholm discussions. The Paymaster-General and I...
- Consolidated Fund (Appropriation) Bill (0 speeches)
Read a Second time and committed to a Committee of the whole House.
- Coal Industry (190 speeches)
4.15 p.m.
- Import Duties (Chemicals) (0 speeches)
Import Duties (Temporary Exemptions) (No. 7) Order, 1959 (S.I., 1959, No. 1204), dated 10th July, 1959 [copy laid before the House, 14th July], approved.—[Mr. Vaughan-Morgan.]
- Churches, West Kilburn (Reorganisation Scheme) (13 speeches)
10.9 p.m.
- Water Undertakings, East Devon (Regrouping) (2 speeches)
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Colonel J. H. Harrison.]
