Wednesday, 30 June 1954
The House met at Half past Two o' Clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
asked the First Lord of the Admiralty if he will give a list of the particular restrictions imposed on the supply of large merchant vessels to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and Poland.
asked the First Lord of the Admiralty if he is aware of the adverse conditions that are still continuing to afflict the British shipbuilding and shiprepairing industry; and if he will specify the...
asked the First Lord of the Admiralty if he will make arrangements that, under the new arrangements of entry and training to come into force at the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, next year which...
asked the First Lord of the Admiralty when he will apply to Admiralty civilian employees, at present classed as dilutees, treatment in relation to merit pay and establishment similar to that...
asked the First Lord of the Admiralty how many helicopters and what types are in service with the Royal Navy; and what orders have been placed to increase the helicopter strength.
asked the First Lord of the Admiralty why the number of civil servants in his Department increased from 33,652 to 33,788 between 1st January and 1st April, 1954.
asked the First Lord of the Admiralty if he is yet in a position to make a statement on the proposals for improving the promotion prospects of Instructor Lieutenants, formerly Schoolmasters R.N.
asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he has now been able to postpone the overseas posting of a stoker petty officer, particulars of whose case have been sent to him in writing.
The following Question stood upon the Order Paper:
asked the Assistant Postmaster-General what plans have been made to use helicopters for the mail services.
asked the Assistant Postmaster-General why, and acting on what advice from outside his Department, he decided to charge 9d. for the International Reply Coupon of the Universal Postal Union,...
asked the Assistant Postmaster-General how much of Christ Church Green. Victoria Street, S.W.1, will be occupied by the new post office; and what garage accommodation will be provided.
asked the Assistant Postmaster-General what progress has been made in providing an additional post office in Brixton.
asked the Assistant Postmaster-General what action, other than sending forms to fill up, the head postmaster at Brighton has taken concerning the complaints of over 50 householders on and around...
asked the Assistant Postmaster-General why the Principality of Wales, and especially the province of Gwynedd, continues to be badly served in the matter of reception of the Welsh Home Service:...
asked the Assistant Postmaster-General if he will make a statement on the results of the consultations that have taken place between the Angus Burgh Association and the British Broadcasting...
asked the Assistant Postmaster-General what tests for television broadcasts have taken place on Band III; and on what channels.
asked the Assistant Postmaster-General whether he is now in a position to increase the allocation of rural telephone kiosks; how many representations on this subject he has received from local...
asked the Assistant Postmaster-General how many applicants for telephones in the borough of Barry made their first applications more than four years ago and more than three years ago,...
asked the Assistant Postmaster-General how many applications for telephones in the Dalkeith district are at present before his Department.
asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air whether he is aware of the nuisance caused by low-flying aircraft over built-up areas in Rugby; and what steps he is taking to curb this contravention...
asked the Under-Secretary of State for Air whether he will make a statement about the recent court of inquiry at Wahnerheide.
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation if he will make a statement on the result of his discussions with the British Transport Commission on the danger to children arising from the...
Sir I. Clark Hutchison: asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation whether he will state the number of accidents which have occurred since the stopping-up, in June, 1952, of a portion of...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation what measures are taken to ensure that men of the Merchant Navy who undertake service in vessels in Far Eastern waters receive due warning and...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation the capital cost to date of London Airport and the annual cost of its operation, including capital and depreciation charges, and fees paid for...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation what revenue is obtained, as the result of the equipment and ancillary services, the estimated cost of which in the year ended 31st March, 1954,...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation what progress has been made with the electrification of the London and Tilbury line.
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation the present time limit fixed by him under Section 76 of the Transport Act, 1947, for the submission of a railway charges scheme by the British...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation how many vehicles of all types have so far been sold by the Road Haulage Disposal Board what is the total proceeds of such sales; and how many...
Proceedings on Government Business and on any Private Business set down for consideration at Seven of the clock this evening by direction of the Chairman of Ways and Means exempted from the...
I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to amend the Succession to the Crown Act, 1707, and other Acts, to provide that the receipt by Members of Parliament of income other than...
Committee to consider of an humble Address to be presented to Her Majesty, praying that Her Majesty will give directions that there be presented, on behalf of this House, a Mace to the Federal...
As amended (in the Standing Committee), considered.
(1) In this Act the expression "mine" means an excavation or system of excavations made for the purpose of, or in connection with, the getting of minerals or products of minerals by any means...
(1) None of the provisions of the Factories Acts, 1937 and 1948, shall apply to any premises forming part of a mine or quarry.
(1) The following provisions of this section shall apply in relation to any notice served under any provision of this Act or regulations upon the owner or manager of a mine or quarry by an...
(1) Every length of road in a mine which is used at the beginning or end of a shift by not less than ten persons for the purpose of walking to or from their working places in the mine, being a...
—(1) For the purposes of this Act an excavation or system of excavations made for training purposes shall be deemed to be a mine, and the use for those purposes of any premises which are a...
(1) Provision may be made by regulations for requiring such steps as may be prescribed to be taken at mines for the purpose of preventing persons from being injured by the accidental fall of...
(1) Subject to any exceptions for which provision may be made by regulations, the manager of a mine shall not permit vehicles (not being vehicles moved by hand) to run in any length of road in...
(1) This section applies to waste other than— (a) waste which is—(i) stopped off in a prescribed manner or in such other manner as may be approved by an inspector; or(ii) stowed up;...
(1) The Minister may by order appoint for the purposes of this subsection a day in relation to a class of mines specified in the Order, and where a day is appointed under this subsection in...
(1) If an inspector is of opinion, with respect to a part of a mine that is by section fifty of this Act required to be ventilated, that, in the interests of the safety or health of the persons...
(1) It shall be the duty of the manager of every mine to secure the provision thereat of adequate facilities and equipment for the purpose of rendering first-aid to persons employed at the mine...
(1) If an inspector is of opinion, with respect to a working face in a mine of coal, that in the interests of safety it is necessary or expedient to provide thereat a greater number of ways out...
Regulations may require the provision, in such cases as may be prescribed, of facilities whereby persons employed below ground in mines may be carried through the roads whereby they go to and...
I beg to move, in page 1, line 9, to leave out "reasonably be calculated," and to insert 'be necessary." This is the first of what, I fear, the House will consider to be a very long series of...
Amendments made: In page 2, line 22, leave out a manager, "and insert" "an individual."
Amendment made: In page 3, line 3, after "fulfilment," insert "in relation to the mine."—[Mr. Joynson-Hicks.]
I beg to move, in page 4, line 3, to leave out "twenty-five," and to insert "twenty-six."
Order for Second Reading read.
Read a Second time, and committed.
Read a Second time, and committed.
Order made by the Secretary of State for the Home Department, extending Section 1 of the Sunday Entertainments Act, 1932, to the Rural District of Newent [copy presented 15th June]...
Resolved, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. Studholme.]
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