House of Commons debates
Thursday, 18 May 1961
- 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 — The West Indies (0 speeches)
- Inter-Governmental Conference, Trinidad (4 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what agreements have been reached at the inter-governmental talks in Trinidad about the future of the West Indies Federation; and whether he will...
- Jamaican Sugar (4 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how many tons of Jamaican sugar are included in the additional West Indian allocation of the United States sugar import market, arranged in April,...
- Oral Answers to Questions — Northern Rhodesia (0 speeches)
- Constitution (7 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what progress has been made in the discussions on the new constitution for Northern Rhodesia.
- Primary and Secondary Schools (4 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how many primary and secondary schools, respectively, there are in Northern Rhodesia for Africans.
- African Schools (Disturbances) (4 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what were the findings of the Commission of Inquiry as to the causes of disturbances in certain African schools in Northern Rhodesia in 1959 and...
- Oral Answers to Questions — Nyasaland (0 speeches)
- Election (4 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies when the Nyasaland election will be held; and what are the reasons for the delay.
- Employment (6 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what special steps are being taken to find employment in Nyasaland for the increasing number of those seeking work, in view of the increase in...
- Oral Answers to Questions — Kenya (0 speeches)
- Mr. Motsamai Mpho (7 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies on what grounds Mr. Motsamai Mpho, a British-protected person from Bechuanaland, was refused permission at Nairobi to proceed as a delegate to the...
- Public Meetings (7 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will propose to the Governor of Kenya that the ban on public meetings be lifted.
- Mr. Jomo Kenyatta (4 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will now make a further statement of his policy on the release of Jomo Kenyatta.
- Agricultural Development, Masailand (4 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what steps he is taking to promote agricultural development in Masailand.
- Land Prices (4 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what was the nature of the consultations he had with Mr. Michael Blundell on the problem of land prices in Kenya since the general election in Kenya.
- Law and Order (10 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will make a further statement about the preservation of law and order in Kenya in view of the murder of Mrs. Swanepoel on 14th May.
- Detainees (3 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how many persons still remain detained under the former Emergency Regulations in Kenya; how many of these were detained without a trial; and what is...
- Oral Answers to Questions — Aden Protectorate (0 speeches)
- Irrigation (4 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will state approximately the number of persons in the Aden Protectorates who have benefited directly from the Abiyan and other irrigation...
- Slavery (13 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies approximately how many persons in the Aden Protectorate are under some form of slavery; in which States this now exists; whether these persons are...
- Oral Answers to Questions — Malta (0 speeches)
- Dockyard (Development Plan) (4 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if his discussions concerning the development of the Malta dockyard are complete; and if he will now make a statement.
- Oral Answers to Questions — Rhodesia and Nyasaland (0 speeches)
- Education (African Children) (4 speeches)
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what plans he has for the compulsory education of African children in Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland.
- Oral Answers to Questions — Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (0 speeches)
- Forestry (4 speeches)
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what steps are being taken by the Forestry Commission to acquire more land suitable for planting and so reduce the shortfall in its planned...
- Milk (4 speeches)
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will make a statement on the negotiations between the Milk Marketing Board, the National Farmers' Union and his Department on the...
- European Economic Community (10 speeches)
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what negotiations on agriculture he has held with the European Economic Community.
- Agriculture (Improvement of Roads) Act, 1955 (2 speeches)
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many grants have been made under the Agriculture (Improvement of Roads) Act, 1955; what was the amount of grant paid up to the end of...
- Farmland, Somerset (Flooding) (5 speeches)
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will take steps to relieve the farming land in the Long Sutton Machelney area from chronic flooding.
- Oral Answers to Questions — Trade and Commerce (0 speeches)
- Factory Sites, Bishop Auckland (6 speeches)
asked the President of the Board of Trade (1) how many factory sites are known to him in, or within two miles of the villages of Cockfield, Woodlands, Middleton-in-Teesdale, Eggleston, Staindrop,...
- United Arab Republic (6 speeches)
asked the President of the Board of Trade (1) in view of the competition from the European Common Market countries, what proposals he has received on trade to the United Arab Republic Government...
- Resale Price Maintenance (4 speeches)
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will introduce legislation to repeal Section 25 of the Restrictive Trade Practices Act, 1956.
- Non-Ferrous Metals (Export to Russia) (4 speeches)
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will explain the reason for the fall in the export of non-ferrous metals to Russia in 1960 as compared with 1957, 1958 and 1959.
- Polish Eggs (8 speeches)
asked the President of the Board of Trade when he received a communication from the National Farmers' Union asking him to ascertain the internal price of eggs in Poland; and what period elapsed...
- Industrial Building (4 speeches)
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will state the rate of new industrial building for the years 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, and to the latest available date in 1961, in the...
- European Common Market (Common Tariff Rates) (6 speeches)
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether, in the course of his negotiations with representatives of the European Common Market, he has obtained information about the rates of import duty...
- New Factories (4 speeches)
asked the President of the Board of Trade what percentage, measured by square feet, the total of new factory approvals of over 5,000 square feet in the London and South Eastern Region represented...
- Oral Answers to Questions — Holidays (7 speeches)
asked the Prime Minister whether he will instruct the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the President of the Board of Trade to speed up their examination of the problems of spreading Bank Holidays...
- Oral Answers to Questions — Atomic Energy Project (History) (4 speeches)
asked the Prime Minister if he will now carry out the undertaking given by Her Majesty's Government to the hon. Member for Stoke-on-Trent, South, some years ago that an official British record...
- Oral Answers to Questions — Commonwealth Trade (4 speeches)
asked the Prime Minister if he will make a statement regarding his proposals for an Atlantic Free Trade Area, and for a quickened economic development within the Commonwealth; and what action is...
- House of Commons Library (Estimates Committee's Report) (14 speeches)
The hon. Member for Leeds, West (Mr. C. Pannell) wishes to raise a matter with me.
- Questions to Ministers (2 speeches)
I wish to raise a point of order relating to Question No. 46, Mr. Speaker. Perhaps I can give the background to this matter briefly. Last week, I put a Question to the Board of Trade asking what...
- Business of the House (1 speech)
With permission, Mr. Speaker, I will make a short business statement. I am now able to let the House know that the subject for debate on Wednesday, 31st May, that is, the 15th allotted Supply...
- Business of the House (Supply) (0 speeches)
Ordered,That this day Business other than the Business of Supply may be taken before Ten o'clock.—[Mr. R. A. Butler.]
- Orders of the Day — Supply (0 speeches)
[14TH ALLOTTED DAY]
- Civil Estimates, 1961–62 (0 speeches)
- Class Ii (0 speeches)
- Vote 1. Foreign Service (0 speeches)
Motion made, and Question proposed,That a sum, not exceeding £10,624,800, be granted to Her Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the charge which will come in course of payment...
- Orders of the Day — Foreign Affairs (63 speeches)
Order read for resuming adjourned debate on Amendment to Question [17th May] That this House supports the efforts of Her Majesty's Government to strengthen the unity of the free world and thus to...
- Orders of the Day — Royal Assent (0 speeches)
6.33 p.m.
- Orders of the Day — Foreign Affairs (35 speeches)
Question again proposed, That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the Question.
- Orders of the Day — Business of the House (0 speeches)
Proceedings on the Motion relating to Parliamentary Expenses exempted, at this day's Sitting, from the provisions of Standing Order No. 1 (Sittings of the House).—[Mr. R. A. Butler.]
- Orders of the Day — Parliamentary Expenses (0 speeches)
Resolved,That, in the opinion of this House, provision should be made— (a) for the payment to Members of this House of allowances not exceeding the fare by rail in respect of the cost of...
- Orders of the Day — Sunday Cinematograph Entertainments (0 speeches)
Order made by the Secretary of State for the Home Department, extending Section 1 of the Sunday Entertainments Act, 1932, to the Urban District of Wins-ford, [copy laid before the House, 8th...
- Orders of the Day — Highgrove House, Ruislip (26 speeches)
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Chichester-Clark.]
