Tuesday, 9 February 1954
The House met at Half past Two o'Clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
ASHRIDGE (BONAR LAW MEMORIAL) TRUST BILL (by Order)
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland why he continues in his refusal to implement the recommendations of the Cairncross Report.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many applications for grants under the White Fish and Herring Industries Act, 1953, have been refused by him on the ground that the applicants were...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland is he is aware of the threat of loss and damage to the fishing and agricultural industries in the North of Scotland caused by the existing high freight...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what steps are taken to ensure that farmers do not employ in potato gathering children under 13 years of age, especially when those schools, normally...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many children from Fife attend the hearing-aid clinic at Edinburgh; and what provision is made for the parents to recover the expense incurred by...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what specific instructions have been given to the police concerning their investigations into the political convictions of any individual; on what date...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what action he proposes to take on the representations which he has received from the town council of Coatbridge in respect of the dangers of the...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what reply he has sent to the letter he has received from the Scottish National Congress regarding agents provocateurs in Scotland.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will instruct the Inter-Departmental Committee on Slaughterhouses (Scotland) before submitting their final report, to base their consideration of...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many convictions for salmon poaching have been registered under the Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries (Protection) (Scotland) Act, 1951, and what...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what steps he is taking to increase the number of hygienic insulated vans for the transport of meat in Scotland Commander Galbraith: My right hon....
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what steps he is taking to scrutinise, and to publish as necessary the results of his scrutiny, the respective sums authorised by Parliament for each and...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what steps he is taking to support the policy and endeavours of the North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board to electrify appropriate Highlands railway routes.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland the respective values of the fixed assets of each of the South-West, the South-East, and North of Scotland Hydro-Electricity Boards, expressed as an...
Mr. Mclnnes: asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he is aware that by keeping untenanted a large number of houses in Glasgow the Western Heritable Investment Company are in breach of the...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether his attention has been drawn to complaints from out-patients at Peel Hospital with regard to canteen facilities; and what his Department will do...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he will make a further statement regarding the Caldra system of netting rabbits.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland; the number of deaths from coronary thrombosis in Scotland for 1951, 1952 and 1953.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he is aware that, where medical practitioners work in partnership, patients may enter the name of one of the partners as their doctor for National...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what steps he is taking to encourage the formation of a meat marketing board.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if, in view of the unsatisfactory condition of the road from Lower Kilvaxter to Bornisketaig, he will take action for the early improvement of this road.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will arrange for experiments in the catching and processing of dog-fish and basking sharks for the production of oil and other products.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland the highest salary paid to headmasters in Lanarkshire, with or without special allowances, and the minimum; and the highest in operation in Glasgow, with...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he will arrange for the teaching staff at the Royal Technical College, Glasgow, to be awarded family allowances on the same scales as teaching...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he will establish a number of State scholarships, available at Scottish universities, for adult students attending adult education classes.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many plans submitted by Glasgow Corporation to the Scottish Education Department for the construction of new schools since October, 1951 have not...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many school places were provided from November to October in the years 1950–51, 1951–52 and 1952–53.
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Defence if, in view of the disturbance caused in the lives of young men who are conscripted intothe Forces, he will consider making a special...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Defence whether men are retained in the Services after it is discovered that they are homosexuals.
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Defence how many copies of the books entitled "Accused," "Persian Pride," "Amok," "Vengeance," "Killer," "Pursuit and Auction" by the...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Defence how many members of Her Majesty's Forces in Egypt have disappeared from their unite and have subsequently been traced to Paris.
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Defence what financial arrangements have been made for taking over the Hertford British Hospital in Paris for the use of British Service personnel.
asked the Secretary of State for War whether, in view of the circumstances in the case of Mr. G. T. Wills of Harlescott Depot, Shrewsbury, which have now been made known to him by hon. Members of...
asked the Secretary of State for War why a man, whose name has been supplied to him, having registered for National Service on 13th August last year, having enlisted on 14th September in the...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether the views expressed in the official telegram received by British officials negotiating in Washington on the standardisation of small arms, stating...
asked the Prime Minister if he will make a statement on the continued use by the United States Air Force of a number of bases in the United Kingdom; to what extent this is now regarded by Her...
asked the Prime Minister if he will ensure that in future no signal or other communication conveying Government policy to a foreign power is sent from a Department without the previous assent of...
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.]
I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to reduce the retail price of Surf, Daz, Fab, Persil, Tide and other soap powders, soap substitutes, detergents, &c. This is the...
3.55 p.m.
Considered in Committee.
7.33 p.m.
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the Clause stand part of the Bill."
Resolution reported, That, for the purposes of any Act of the present Session to provide for the establishment of a Board to manage the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland, it is expedient...
Considered in Committee.
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the Clause stand part of the Bill."
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the Clause stand part of the Bill."
Any expenses incurred by the Board in the exercise and discharge of their powers and duties under this Act, and any sums required for the remuneration of the officers and servants of the Board,...
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the Schedule be the Schedule to the Bill."
Order for Second Reading read.
Considered in Committee under Standing Order No. 84 (Money Committees).—(Queen's Recommendation, signified.)
Sir Edward Keeling discharged from the Committee of Public Accounts and Mr. Niall Macphersom added.—[Mr. Kaberry.]
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. Kaberry.]
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