Wednesday, 1 July 1953
The House met at Half past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Considered; to be read the Third time Tomorrow.
asked the Minister of Food, in view of public concern, what progress has been made in prohibiting the use of agene in the treatment of flour for human consumption to conform with action taken in...
asked the Minister of Food (1) if he is aware that on Saturday, 20th June, meat was sold off the ration in Newcastle; and what was the reason for this; (2) if he is aware that on Saturday, 20th...
asked the Minister of Food what steps he intends to take to redress the substantial decline in imports of tea this year.
asked the Minister of Food whether he is aware that the Dutch wireless programme from Hilversum includes every morning a short programme dealing with the price of vegetables; and if he will...
asked the Minister of Food the amounts of calcium available in one pint of milk and 1 lb. of bread to which the statutory amount of chalk has been added; and the annual cost of adding 11,300...
asked the Minister of Food by how much the consumption of liquid milk has fallen in Stoke-on-Trent in 1952–53, as compared with the previous years; and, of the milk consumed, how much was...
asked the Minister of Food his arrangements for the import of frozen rabbits this year, in view of the ample supply of these animals available all over the country.
asked the Minister of Food how many prosecutions he now has pending, as a result of reports from his enforcement officers, for contraventions by butchers and others of the meat rationing...
asked the Minister of Food what information he has about the production of a food from fish meal and oil which can be used as a substitute for milk for children in backward countries; and what...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Defence what steps are to be taken to co-ordinate the respective operational responsibilities of the Royal Air Force, the Royal Navy and...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Defence whether the Government's promised efforts to find a fair solution of the question of the retired pay of the 359 officers still...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether his attention has been drawn to the decision of the Lord Chief Justice in the case of Mr. A. Terrell to the effect that colonial judges are...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what further progress he can report in respect of the proposed conference of Nigerian leaders in London.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will make a statement upon the winding up of the Bamenda-Cross River-Calabar agricultural settlement scheme in Nigeria.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what methods are used by the West Indian Governments to make known to the population of their Territories the educational opportunities and...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what instructions he has given to the security forces in Kenya for accepting surrender by suspected Mau-Mau terrorists.
Colonel Clarke: asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is aware of the threats to amenity and nature-conservation in the Tsavo Royal National Park inherent in a scheme now...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will make a further statement regarding the case of Elijah Njeru Gideon who died on 29th January as the result of beating and, in...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies in view of the report published by the International Labour Organisation on 23rd June, in which it is stated that the Voluntarily Unemployed...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether detainees in Kenya are permitted legal defence when appealing before the Advisory Committee against their detention.
Mrs. White: asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what compensation is paid to relatives on the death, on active service, of Africans serving with the military forces in Kenya; and when...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies the functions and the membership of the Rents Control Committee in Hong Kong; who appoints it; and what increases in rents it has recommended.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he is aware that the Vickers plan for improving Kandang Kerban Hospital, Singapore, makes no provision for a teaching department; and if he will...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies the percentage of persons suffering from tuberculosis in Singapore; what hospital accommodation there is for dealing with these cases; how many...
Mrs. White: asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies by whose authority provincial and district commissioners in Nyasaland were instructed, on or before 10th May, to inform the local...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how many district councils have been established in Togoland; whether they are working satisfactorily; and whether the elections for the Joint...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies the results of the inquiry into the causes of the riot at Kano which resulted in the loss of 46 lives.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what progress has been made in respect of constitutional changes in Tanganyika; and what official proposals thereto have been presented by the...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies why the export duty on copra has been reduced in the Seychelles from 23½ per cent. to 5 per cent., with the result that this increases the...
asked the First Lord of the Admiralty why he requested the British Broadcasting Corporation to cancel a light-hearted talk by a Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve rating about his training experiences.
asked the First Lord of the Admiralty what facilities were provided by his Department for ships operated by British Railways undertaking a cruise to witness the Naval Review.
asked the First Lord of the Admiralty how far officers and men of the Royal Navy, on duty in London on Coronation day have been required to replace, at their own expense, uniform and equipment...
asked the First Lord of the Admiralty what plans he has for Her Majesty's ships making greater use of the Welsh ports, particularly the ports of the Bristol Channel; and if he will make a statement.
asked the Assistant Postmaster-General if he is yet in a position to state when the new television station for Aberdeen will be available for use; where it will be situated; and how far it will...
asked the Assistant Postmaster-General the number of television licences that have been issued to people living in East Anglia.
asked the Assistant Postmaster-General whether the Post Office insist on payment by nationalised industries of the surcharge of 5d. due on every letter from a Member of Parliament in an...
asked the Assistant Postmaster-General whether his attention has been drawn to complaints in reference to political slogans inserted on postcards by members of the staff in Belfast Post Office,...
asked the Assistant Postmaster-General whether, in view of the loss of time in obtaining medical assistance following recent accidents and the grave public inconvenience caused by their absence,...
asked the Assistant Postmaster-General when he intends to install the promised telephone of the Forest Lodge Infant and Junior School, at Charnor Road, Leicester, which was to be connected within...
3.31 p.m.
"to make provision for a chairman and deputy chairmen of the Monopolies and Restrictive Practices Commission, and for the tenure of office and superannuation benefits of the chairman and deputy...
3.36 p.m.
[17TH ALLOTTED DAY]
4.12 p.m.
Considered in Committee.
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the Clause stand part of the Bill."
Captain Waterhouse added to the Committee of Public Accounts.—[Sir Cedric Drewe.]
10.15 p.m.
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Major Conant.]
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