Monday, 27 October 1952
The House met at Half past Two o'Clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
asked the Minister of Transport what steps he is taking to abolish the 20 m.p.h. limit for certain commercial road vehicles and standardise the speed limit at 30 m.p.h.
asked the Minister of Transport the number of letters and resolutions of protest he has received against the Government's proposals to de-nationalise transport.
asked the Minister of Transport whether he will arrange to have published, in the form of a White Paper or some other convenient form, the various independent reports for and against the...
asked the Minister of Transport if he will make a survey of the organisation of transport and the duplication and lack of modern facilities in the industrial area that lies within a 50-mile...
asked the Minister of Transport whether his attention has been drawn to the practice of carrying children in the open luggage boots of private cars; and whether he will take steps to make such...
asked the Minister of Transport if he has yet reached a decision on the appeal to him against the granting of licences to Northern Roadways to operate services between Scotland and London.
asked the Minister of Transport which of the road haulage depots he has visited does not provide traders with a speedy individual and specialised service; and for what reasons.
asked the Minister of Transport whether he is aware of the necessity to increase the capital expenditure on the British Transport system: and what steps he is taking to achieve this end.
asked the Minister of Transport what steps he now proposes to take to reduce road fatalities and injuries following recommendations made by the Committee on Road Safety of his Department and...
asked the Minister of Transport what further consideration has been given to the widening of Mount-blow Road, and to the reconstruction of the road bridge, in the Burgh of Clydebank, in view of...
asked the Minister of Transport if he will allow preliminary work to proceed at once on the proposed high level bridge at Barton, Eccles; and if he will allow Taylor Brothers Steelworks and...
Lieut.-Colonel Schofield: asked the Minister of Transport whether he is aware that many of the "Halt" and "Go Slow" signs in the country have not been modified in accordance with the revised...
asked the Minister of Transport if he will consider the desirability of setting up turnpike roads in Britain on the lines that have been successful recently in the United States of America.
asked the Minister of Transport whether he is aware of the inconvenience caused to those inhabitants of Whitchurch, Oxfordshire, who work in Pangbourne and in Reading, by the continuance of the...
asked the Minister of Transport whether, in order to bring a greater sense of urgency to the publication and consideration of road accident figures, he will arrange for the main figures showing...
asked the Minister of Transport if he is aware that the routes out of London leading to the chief provincial towns and cities are still inadequately signposted; and if he will make a statement as...
asked the Minister of Transport if he is aware that the attraction of light industry to central Fife is hampered by the lack of a Forth road bridge; and whether, in view of the rapidly growing...
asked the Minister of Transport what action he proposes to take to remedy the deficiency of steel required for urgent port works.
Brigadier Clarke: asked the Minister of Transport what is causing the delay in shipping goods to Mombasa; and what action is being taken to improve the situation.
asked the Minister of Transport what progress has been made in the investigation into dealing with the nuisance of oil pollution of the shore by discharge from vessels.
asked the Minister of Transport whether the official inquiry into the Harrow train disaster will be opened at all sessions to members of the public and the Press.
asked the Minister of Transport whether automatic train control of the improved type referred to by the then Minister of Transport in his reply to the hon. Member for Kidderminster on 2nd July,...
asked the Minister of Transport if he is aware of the large order for wagons being placed by the British Transport Commission with private firms, while railway workshops are short of work and...
asked the Minister of Transport whether, in view of the White Fish Authority's rejection of the flat rate transport scheme, he will require the Transport Tribunal, under Section 80 of the...
asked the Minister of Supply what progress has been made in the production of the twin-engine 14 seater helicopter, the Bristol 173; and what encouragement his Department is giving to ensure...
asked the Minister of Supply if he will consider arranging an annual air display on the lines of that at Farnborough, in the North or North Midlands so that the aircraft workers in those areas...
Mr. Baker White: asked the Minister of Supply why, in the interests of security, he has appointed a leading member of the Communist Party to the Heavy Electrical Plant Consultative Council,...
asked the Minister of Supply whether, in view of the method and extent of redundancy in the Aeronautical Inspection Directorate and of the number of jet aircraft crashes taking place, he will...
asked the Minister of Supply whether he is aware that in the motor car industry the best incentive to economy would be an increase in home production, in order to use plants to the fullest...
asked the Minister of Supply if he will arrange a visit of hon. Members to the bacteriological and chemical research station at Porton.
asked the hon. Member for Woolwich, West, as Chairman of the Kitchen Committee, if he will give figures showing the amount of the deficit for the year ended 31st December, 1951, in the annual...
asked the hon. Member for Woolwich, West, as Chairman of the Kitchen Committee, to what extent the consumption of fish has increased in the House of Commons since October, 1951.
asked the hon. Member for Woolwich, West, as Chairman of the Kitchen Committee, how many week-ends and Saturdays, have been booked for parties at the House of Commons; what staff is recruited to...
Proceedings on Government Business exempted, at this day's Sitting, from the provisions of Standing Order No. 1 (Sittings of the House).—[Mr. Crookshank.]
As amended, considered.
3.32 p.m.
I beg to move, in page 2, line 13, to leave out from "Kingdom." to "exercise," in line 14. The object of this Amendment is to exclude from the operation of the Bill its present application to...
I beg to move in page 3, line 20, to leave out "was committed in the course of," and to insert: arose out of and in the course of his. This Amendment arises out of a discussion we had in...
I beg to move, in page 9, line 18, at the end, to add: (2) The said Minister shall take such steps as may be requisite for securing that persons concerned with any arrangements made by him under...
I beg to move, in page 9, line 24, at the end to insert: not being a passport issued by the passport authorities of the United Kingdom or any colony. This Amendment arises out of the Amendment...
Amendment made: In page 11, line 11, leave out "was committed in the course of," and insert: arose out of and in the course of his."—[Sir D. Maxwell Fyfe.]
I beg to move, in page 15, line 31, to leave out from "country," to "the," in line 33. If I may I will address the House on this Amendment and the subsequent Amendment standing in my name to...
As amended, considered.
Resolution reported, That, for the purposes of any Act of the present Session to provide for the protection of employees against risks of poisoning by certain substances used in agriculture, it...
Considered in Committee.
8.52 p.m.
Amendment made: In page 3, line 27, after "numbers," insert "and salaries."—[Mr. Nugent.]
Any expenses incurred by the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries or the Secretary of State in carrying out this Act shall be paid out of moneys provided by Parliament.—[Sir T. Dugdale.]
Considered in Committee; reported, without Amendment; read the Third time, and passed, without Amendment.
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House to now adjourn."—[Mr. Kaberry.]
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