Tuesday, 19 January 1954
The House—after the Adjournment on 18th December, 1953, for the Christmas Recess—met at Half-past Two o'clock.
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Mr. Speaker acquainted the House that he had issued, during the Adjournment, a Warrant for a new Writ, for Ilford, North, in the room of Sir Geoffrey Clegg Hutchinson, M.C., T.D., Q.C. (Chairman...
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government what further inquiries he has made into the safety of synthetic detergents used by housewives for domestic purposes.
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government the date on which his Welsh Office received a request to print the document circulated on behalf of the Advisory Council for Wales; and to what...
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government the reasons for the delay in announcing the result of the public inquiry into the City of Sheffield (Bradway) Housing Compulsory Purchase Order,...
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government (1) how many dwellings were built by the Stoke-on-Trent local authority during 1953; and what was the cost of two-bed-roomed and three-bedroomed...
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government whether he will give an estimate of the number of houses let under contracts to which Section 2 of the Housing Act, 1936, applies.
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government (1) which are the local authorities that operate schemes for insuring the contents of houses let to tenants and owned by the local authority;
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government (1) whether he is aware that, unless the proposed Exchequer contribution towards the cost of deferred demolition is increased, an intolerable...
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government (1) if he will draw up a code of model rules, to be added to as experience accumulates, for the assistance of local authorities in managing...
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government whether he has considered the proposal, details of which have been submitted, to strengthen the powers of local authorities in dealing with slum...
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government whether he will revise the cuts he has imposed on the repair programmes of requisitioned properties, as a result of which Lambeth Borough...
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government what reports he has received from his inspectors about the conditions experienced in December over a wide area of North-West Kent, as the result...
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government whether he will now announce his decision about the use of the Hessary Tor site for a television station for the Plymouth area; and whether he...
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government on what date he granted permission for the building of a telephone exchange on Christchurch Green, Victoria Street, and what were his reasons...
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government the total number of planning appeals lodged with his Department against refusal of planning permission by local planning authorities during the...
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government whether his Department will resume the pre-war practice of the Ministry of Health of publishing an annual report on housing and town and country...
asked the Minister of Works whether he is now able to state when the "Burghers of Calais" will be moved from the present pedestal; and where it is proposed to place this work.
asked the Minister of Labour if he will publish a list of the goods taken into account in the retail prices index; and if he will state the percentage weight of food items in the index.
asked the Minister of Labour on how many occasions Trevor Tooth, of Bignall End Cottage, Bignall End, Stoke-on-Trent, has been prosecuted for failing to appear for medical examination for the...
asked the Minister of Labour if he will set up a committee, presided over by a prominent Queen's Counsel, at which evidence may be taken on oath, to inquire into the operation of the Catering...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he will state the policy of his Department as regards the issue of instructions or guidance to the various arbitration tribunals regarding the level of wage...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he is aware that his decision not to inquire further into the problems of mental hospitals in Scotland has given concern to medical and...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if the town planning authority for Glasgow were consulted prior to the granting of the new licence for a public house situated at 3–5, Avenue End...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland, in view of disclosures in the recent trial of Duncan Watt and others, what guidance he has given to police authorities as to methods of obtaining evidence.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland when he expects the work on the proposed extension of Ullapool Pier to commence.
asked the Secretary of State for War if he has read the notes from companies of the First Battalion of the Devonshire Regiment, now serving in Kenya, published in the November issue of the...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether the statement made by Major-General West in a television broadcast that one year was long enough for any soldier to stay in Korea represents the...
asked the Secretary of State for War the reason for sending 30 National Service men to Malaya in December, 1953, who had completed all but eight months of their service in the Army; and how long...
asked the Secretary of State for War how many soldiers were court-martialled in Korea during the period of hostilities; how many were charged with cowardice, desertion, or mutiny; how many were...
asked the Secretary of State for War on what date the report of the military court of inquiry, set up to deal with the wounding of 22624079 Sapper Crangle, Royal Engineers, was available to the...
asked the Prime Minister why he did not recommend the extension of the appointment of the previous chairman of the National Assistance Board.
asked the Prime Minister why he agreed that the new British rifle should be superseded by the Belgian FN ·300.
asked the Prime Minister if he is now in the position to announce the composition of the Royal Commission to inquire into matters affecting mental deficiency.
asked the Prime Minister if he is aware of the disagreements between the Four-Power representatives in Berlin over deciding in which building the Big Four talks should take place; and what...
asked the Prime Minister what plans the Government have prepared to meet the possible slow-down in buying by the United States of America, with the consequential effects on British trade.
asked the Prime Minister if he will introduce legislation which will make strikes illegal until such time as a secret ballot of the workers, under Government auspices, has been taken.
(by Private Notice) asked the Minister of Labour whether he has any statement to make with regard to the strikes in the electrical contracting industry.
Proceedings of the Committee on Agriculture (Miscellaneous Provisions) [Money] and on the Licensing (Seamen's Canteens) Bill [Lords] exempted, at this day's Sitting, from the provisions of...
Order for Second Reading read.
Considered in Committee under Standing Order No. 84 (Money Committees).—(Queen's recommendation signified.)
Order for Second Reading read.
Mr. McCorquodale discharged from the Committee of Privileges and Mr. Assheton added.—[Sir C. Drewe.]
10.48 p.m.
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