Thursday, 29 April 1954
The House met at Half past Two o'Clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Mr. Hard: asked the Minister of Agriculture if agreement has now been reached with the National Farmers' Union on the terms of an egg marketing scheme.
asked the Minister of Agriculture if the Departmental inquiry into the proposal for establishing a beet sugar factory in the South of England has been completed; and with what result.
asked the Minister of Agriculture the reasons for maintaining a system of movement licensing for farm stock; and when he intends to terminate this control.
asked the Minister of Agriculture (1) whether all county agricultural executive committees now inform farmers, prior to visits of inspection, that their farms are to be inspected; (2) whether...
Sir R. De la Bère: asked the Minister of Agriculture whether the Government will now give an assurance that in connection with the support prices for agriculture they will not be subjected to...
asked the Minister of Agriculture why Mr. Sidney Morris, of Mickleham Green Farm, Sutton, Saint Helens, was dispossessed; and the present condition of the ground now under the agricultural...
asked the Minister of Agriculture what arrangements have been made to extend the progeny testing scheme in order to produce better bacon at lower cost.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department the cost of the maintenance of the police forces of England and Wales at their present strength; and how much it would cost to bring these...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if, where the law provides that any poisonous fluid or substance must be marked or labelled "Poison," he will make it compulsory that the...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will take steps to include swans on the list of protected birds in order to preserve them, their cygnets and eggs, from unnecessary pain...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will review the present practice of burying convicted murderers within the precincts of the prison where the sentence was carried out...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department to what extent the infliction of corporal punishment in remand homes and approved schools has declined or increased during the past year; in...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have immigrated into this country each year since the war.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department on what date the warrant was issued for the arrest of Father Ingram, formerly of the London Choir School, Bexley; and on what grounds the...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what provision is being made for additional juvenile courts in South London to deal with the growing number of cases.
asked the Minister of Labour which items of food have recently increased in price so as to cause the retail price index figure to rise to 141.
asked the Minister of Labour what steps he has taken during the past six months to obtain agreement between representatives of employers and employees as to the conditions to be applied for the...
asked the Minister of Health what steps are taken to ensure that private beds are not reserved for the use of fee-paying patients when there are urgent or chronic cases on the general waiting list.
asked the Minister of Health whether he will instruct the representative of Her Majesty's Government on the relevant committee of the World Health Organisation, at the next appropriate meeting of...
asked the Minister of Health if he will make a statement on the problem of persons from abroad taking up residence in this country while suffering from active tuberculosis.
asked the Minister of Health if he will set up a special centre for research into the cause and cure of emphysema; and if he will give an estimate of the number of sufferers affected.
asked the Minister of Health if he will, as a means of combating cancer, take steps to give powers to local authorities to register all persons suffering from this disease; and if he will promote...
Mrs. Jeger: asked the Minister of Health whether he is satisfied with the response to his suggestions about greater facilities for parents to visit their children in hospital; and which...
asked the Minister of Health what reports he has received from medical officers of health, hospitals and otherwise in respect of intestinal or other ill effects, particularly with children,...
asked the Minister of Health if he will make a statement on the recent accident at the Delwood Maternity Home, Reading.
asked the Minister of Education what instructions she has given, or what arrangements have been agreed by her, in regard to the giving of information about National Service in the Armed Forces to...
asked the Minister of Education what percentage of State awards, supplemental university awards and local education authority awards, respectively, are honorary.
asked the Minister of Education what are the Government's proposals towards the association of the United Kingdom with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation's...
asked the Minister of Education what steps she is taking to reduce the numbers of pupils who are leaving the grammar schools when they attain the statutory age of 15 years.
asked the Minister of Education the total annual wastage from the teaching profession; and what steps she is taking to check this loss.
asked the Under-Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations what consultations he has had recently with the Government of the Union of South Africa concerning the future of Bechuanaland,...
asked the President of the Board of Trade what progress he has now made towards a major relaxation of controls on East-West trade.
asked the President of the Board of Trade how many prosecutions for alleged offences under the Merchandise Marks Acts have been initiated by his Department in each quinquennium since the original...
asked the Prime Minister if he will now issue instructions to all Ministers concerned on ways and means of securing definite relief from the present burden of defence expenditure.
asked the Prime Minister whether he will make a statement on the recent official French request for aid in Indo-China.
asked the Prime Minister if he will set up a Royal Commission to inquire into Communist activities and propaganda in Great Britain.
asked the Prime Minister whether he will make a statement on his discussions with Admiral Radford, Chairman of the United States Joint Chiefs of Staff.
asked the Prime Minister whether, having regard to the desirability that the British Commonwealth of Nations should pursue a common policy in the present critical juncture of international...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (1) in view of the fact that Her Majesty's Government have invited the United States Government to send representatives to the bacteriological...
May I ask the Lord Privy Seal whether he will state the business for next week?
As amended, considered.
Nothing in this Act shall be deemed to authorise the Authority to produce a thermonuclear (or hydrogen) bomb unless a Resolution to that effect shall have been passed by each House of...
I beg to move, in page 1, line 10, to leave out "six," and to insert "seven." In Committee the Government accepted an Amendment to add to the members of the Authority whose qualifications are...
I beg to move, in page 3, line 11, after "of,"to insert: the Schedule (Existing Staff) and of.
6.45 p.m.
I beg to move, in page 9, line 33, after "and," to insert: (so far as in the opinion of the Authority considerations of national security permit). This Amendment and the subsequent Amendment go...
7.15 p.m.
Order for Second Reading read.
Order for Second Reading read.
Considered in Committee under Standing Order No. 84 (Money Committees).—[Queen's Recommendation signified.]
Order for Second Reading read.
Considered in Committee under Standing Order No. 84 (Money Committees).—[Queen's Recommendation signified]
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Major Conant.]
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