Thursday, 16 October 1952
The House met at Half past Two o'Clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
asked the Minister of Labour how many applications have been received by him from the staff in his Department since 1st November, 1951, to continue in their employment after reaching 65 years of...
Miss Ward: asked the Minister of Labour whether he will make a statement on the future of Remploy.
asked the Minister of Labour what is now the ratio between unfilled vacancies and persons unemployed; and how this figure compares with those for the same dates in each of the last five years.
asked the Minister of Labour how many people have been on the books of the London Appointments Office to the last convenient date; how many openings have been filled in the same period; and how...
Mr. J. T. Price: asked the Minister of Labour if, pending the adoption of the safety and welfare recommendations of the Gowers Committee, he will introduce a short amendment to the Factories Act...
asked the Minister of Labour how many men and women are registered as unemployed at the Brixton Employment Exchange; and how the figures compare with a year ago.
asked the Minister of Labour how many building workers are unemployed in the London area; and how the number compares with last year.
asked the Minister of Labour how many disabled persons in Stoke-on-Trent have been unemployed for 12 months and six months, respectively; and what steps are being taken to assist them to obtain...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he will publish a statement showing, in recent months, what has been the percentage of unemployment among dock workers in each of the principal British ports.
asked the Minister of Labour whether he has reached any conclusions on the possibility of providing some kinds of work at home for the physically disabled who are outside the scope of Remploy,...
asked the Minister of Labour why W. Binns and Son, milk carriers, Silsden, near Keighley, refused to re-employ John Harry Spencer Binns, 25, Foster Avenue, Silsden, on his return from Z Reserve...
asked the Minister of Labour how many men have been called up for National Service from 1st January, 1952, to the latest date for which figures are available; how this figure compares with that...
Mr. J. T. Price: asked the Minister of Labour what are the overriding principles and priorities which govern the grant of deferment to young men liable for National Service at 18 years of age.
asked the Minister of Health what compensation is to be paid to Mrs. Beatrice Cox, 263, Maiden Lane, Crayford, whose jaw was broken by a dentist when having teeth extracted under the National...
asked the Minister of Health the number of administrative and clerical staff of hospitals on the earliest date after nationalisation on which the information was recorded.
asked the Minister of Health what is being done to improve the diet of hospital in-patients; and whether he can list the reasons for the low standard in some hospitals, homes for aged people,...
asked the Minister of Health whether he will now make a statement on the deterrent effect of the recently imposed charges in the Health Service; and if he will give an estimate of the current...
asked the Minister of Health which of the recommendations made by the Scott Henderson inquiry on Broadmoor have now been implemented, and which are still under discussion.
asked the Minister of Health what steps he is taking, particularly in conjunction with the Minister of Food, to offset the continued increase in outbreaks of food poisoning.
asked the Minister of Health whether B.C.G. vaccine is now being manufactured in this country.
asked the Minister of Health to what extent the administrative staff of his Department has been reduced since 1st January; and what further savings in staff are proposed now.
asked the Minister of Health why the county borough of Croydon, which is the fourteenth largest county borough in England and Wales, was included in the smaller areas on pages 155–56 of the...
asked the Minister of Health what savings have now been effected as the result of abolishing identity cards.
asked the Minister of Education how many new primary and secondary schools, stated separately, are being built at present; and how these figures compare with those of a year and two years ago,...
asked the Minister of Education when she proposes to put Part III of the Education Act, 1944, into full operation.
asked the Minister of Education what discussions she has had with the Essex Education Committee on her proposal to reduce the provision of school transport; how many children in the county of...
asked the Minister of Education how many retired teachers have applied to have their pension paid monthly instead of quarterly; and whether she will consider this matter with a view to meeting...
asked the Minister of Education what steps she has taken, or is taking, to increase the number of recruits to the teaching profession.
asked the Minister of Education how many children over the age of five years in England and Wales and Warwickshire, respectively, were unable to find places in the nation's schools in September, 1952.
asked the Minister of Education how many independent schools have been inspected and recognised to the last convenient date; and how many of those inspected were deemed to be inefficient.
Air Commodore Harvey: asked the Under-Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations to what extent the Indian Government has withdrawn facilities for the recruitment of men for the Gurkha...
asked the President of the Board of Trade how many people, men and women, were employed by the North-Eastern Trading Estates, Limited, on the latest available date.
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he is aware that cars made in this country are being banned from the principal motor shows in Toronto and Montreal; what action he is taking in this...
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he is aware that the Latin-American dollar account markets present opportunities to our exporters to expand their sales; and if he will extend to...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the cost of preparing and printing the Central Office of Information document "Women in Britain"; and how many copies have been printed.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the internal purchasing power of the £ sterling on 1st October, 1952, as compared with 1st November, 1951.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is aware that the non-contentious probate office fees payable in Northern Ireland on small estates are higher than those chargeable on similar...
asked the Prime Minister whether the statement made on 28th November last by the Secretary of State for the Home Department, speaking on behalf of Her Majesty's Government to the Consultative...
asked the Minister of Agriculture what percentage of the cattle in Great Britain are attested; and what are the separate figures for the main agricultural areas.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps he is taking to secure priority for the finance, labour and materials needed to build, at once, the prisons required to relieve the...
May I ask the Leader of the House to state the business for next week?
Sir, with your permission and that of the House, I wish to make a statement about Kenya in reply to a Question put on the Order Paper by the hon. Member for Swindon (Mr. T. Reid) yesterday but...
Proceedings on Government Business exempted, at this day's Sitting, from the provisions of Standing Order No. 1 (Sittings of the House).—[The Prime Minister.]
Considered in Committee [Progress, 15th October.]
3.51 p.m.
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the Clause stand part of the Bill."
I beg to move, in page 6, line 34, at the end, to add: (2) In relation to a dwelling in respect of the provision or improvement of which an improvement grant has been made under section one...
I beg to move, in page 6, line 43, to leave out "eight," and to insert "six."
9.15 p.m.
I beg to move, in page 7, line 33, to leave out "dwelling," and to insert: house, dwelling, building or other land. This Amendment is moved because of an oversight. Previously this provision was...
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the Clause stand part of the Bill."
Order for Second Reading read.
Considered in Committee.
In order to put the first Amendment in the name of the hon. Member for Oldham, West (Mr. Hale) in order, a consequential Amendment providing for an alteration of the Title will be required. I...
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—(Mr. T. G. D. Galbraith.)
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