House of Commons debates
Friday, 21 July 1961

• Preamble (0 speeches)
  The House met at Eleven o'clock
• Prayers (0 speeches)
  [Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
• Orders of the Day — Covent Garden Market Bill (0 speeches)
  Lords Amendments considered.
• Clause 17. — (Duty of the Authority to Have Regard to Public Interest, and Objects to Be Attained by Them.) (15 speeches)
  Lords Amendment: In page 12, line 6, after "reduce" insert "so far as is practicable."
• Clause 18. — (Additional Functions of the Authority.) (4 speeches)
  Lords Amendment: In page 13, line 24, at end insert: but the Authority shall not, by virtue of paragraph (f) of this subsection, carry on activities with a view to making the best use of any of...
• Clause 19. — (Power of the Authority to Acquire Land Compulsorily Under Town and Country Planning Act, 1947.) (1 speech)
  Lords Amendment: In page 14, line 17, leave out subsection (2).
• Clause 22. — (Grant, Duration and Revocation of Licences Under Preceding Section.) (2 speeches)
  Lords Amendment: In page 16, line 5, leave out "is" and insert "are".
• Clause 23. — (Power of Court to Restrain Revocation of Licences Under Section 21.) (1 speech)
  Lords Amendment: In page 17, line 46, leave out "that section" and insert "those subsections".
• Clause 26. — (Market Byelaws.) (11 speeches)
  Lords Amendment: In page 23, line 29, leave out from "of" to end of line 32 and insert: preservatives, accelerators or retarders as appear to the Authority so be inflammable or any such specified...
• Clause 34. — (the Covent Garden Traffic Committee.) (6 speeches)
  Lords Amendment: In page 32, line 25, leave out from "Authority" to end of line 27 and insert: , such number of persons appointed by the Authority, being officers thereof, as may be determined...
• Clause 35. — (the Covent Garden Market Workers Committee.) (3 speeches)
  Lords Amendment: In page 33, line 11, leave out from "Authority" to end of line 13 and insert: , such number of persons appointed by the Authority, being officers thereof, as may be determined...
• New Clause A. — (Restriction on the Use of Storage Facilities.) (32 speeches)
  "Nothing in this Act shall authorise the Authority to provide outside the Covent Garden Area facilities for the making of contracts for the sale or exchange of horticultural produce or any other...
• Clause 54. — (General Interpretation Provisions.) (3 speeches)
  Lords Amendment: In page 44, line 34, at end insert: (2) For the purposes of this Act a building intersected by the circumference of the circle referred to in paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of...
• Fourth Schedule. — (Constitution of the Covent Garden Market Management Committee.) (1 speech)
  Lords Amendment: In page 49, to leave out lines 28 to 32 and insert: shall consist of a chairman (who shall be the person who is for the time being the managing director of the Authority), such...
• Land Drainage Bill (0 speeches)
  Lords Amendments considered.
• Clause 7. — (Ascertainment of Annual Value.) (2 speeches)
  Lords Amendment: In page 6, line 42, at end insert: (7) Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing provisions of this section, where the annual value of any land for the purposes of any drainage...
• Clause 14. — (Assessment of Drainage Charge on Owners.) (4 speeches)
  Lords Amendment: In page 9, line 16, to leave out from "by" to end of line and insert or allowed to him under this section".
• Clause 18. — (Performance by River Board of Functions of Internal Drainage Board.) (2 speeches)
  Lords Amendment: In page 11, line 21, at end insert: (6) (a) The Minister shall by regulations provide for the payment by a river board, subject to such exceptions or conditions as may be...
• New Clause A. — (Drainage Rates — Fractions of a Pound.) (1 speech)
  Lords Amendment: In page 15, line 21, at end insert new Clause A: Where the value on which a drainage rate is assessed would, apart from this section, include a fraction of a pound, the fraction...
• Clause 30. — (Restriction on Erection of Structures in, over or Under Watercourses.) (2 speeches)
  Lords Amendment: In page 21, line 40, at end insert: (3) No person shall erect or alter any structure designed to contain or divert the flood-waters of any part of the main river except with the...
• Clause 33. — (Power of Local Authori Ties to Undertake Drainage Works Against Flooding.) (2 speeches)
  Lords Amendment: In page 23, line 9, at end insert: and section thirty-nine of this Act shall apply in relation to the council as it applies in relation to a drainage board.
• Clause 38. — (Collection of Drainage Rates by Owners.) (1 speech)
  Lords Amendment: In page 26, line 29, leave out from "by" to "which" in line 30 and insert: or allowed to him under this section
• Clause 39. — (Powers of Entry.) (2 speeches)
  Lords Amendment: In page 26, line 34, leave out from "after" to "producing".
• Clause 41. — (Payment by River Board of Expenses of Official Visits, etc.) (2 speeches)
  Lords Amendment: In page 27, line 29, leave out "or officer".
• First Schedule. — (Minor Amendments.) (7 speeches)
  Lords Amendment: In page 34, line 20, at end insert: 8. At the end of subsection (2) of section twenty-nine (which requires drainage boards to determine the annual value of land not assessed to...
• Motor Vehicles (Speed Limit) (39 speeches)
  12.59 p.m.
• Patents (Fees) (1 speech)
  2.7 p.m.
• Insurance Contracts (Germany) (3 speeches)
  2.12 p.m.
• Cotton Industry (Reorganisation Scheme) (7 speeches)
  2.27 p.m.
• Nature Conservancy (Research) (21 speeches)
  Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Chichester-Clark.]