Monday, 26 July 1954
The House met at Half past Two o 'Clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
I regret to have to inform the House of the death of Sir Herbert Geraint Williams, Baronet, Member for Croydon, East, and I desire on behalf of the House to express our sense of the loss we have...
Lords Amendments considered, and agreed to.
Read the Third time, and passed, without Amendment.
Read the Third time, and passed, with Amendments.
As amended, considered.
Standing Order 208 (Notice of Consideration of Lords Amendments) suspended until the Summer Adjournment:
asked the Minister of State, Board of Trade, as representing the Minister of Materials, what loss has been incurred by the trading operations of the Ministry of Materials, from the date of its...
asked the Attorney-General whether he is now in a position to give information concerning the Government's proposals to extend the Free Legal Aid Scheme to cover cases arising from actions taken...
asked the Attorney-General if he is aware that, before the expiration of the necessary time for appeal in the case of the sentenced Father Ingram, the "Sunday Pictorial" and the "Daily Mirror"...
asked the Attorney-General what further action he proposes to take arising from a recent judgment that companies registered in Eire cannot legally own real estate in Great Britain without a...
asked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance whether he will make arrangements with the British Transport Commission to ensure that his Department's selection of the excluded day for...
asked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance if he is aware that, since decontrol of meat, prices have risen to such a high degree as to make choice cuts of meat beyond the purchasing...
asked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance when the proposed pamphlet consolidating regulations governing contributions and benefits under the National Insurance and Family Allowances...
asked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance if he will take immediate steps, by a more generous interpretation of the comforts allowance, to compensate war pensioners of the...
asked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance if, in view of the fact that, of the 23,740 limbless survivors of the 1914–18 war, only 2,156 are in receipt of any of the...
asked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance if he will introduce legislation to increase the minimum scales of National Assistance allowances and disregards.
asked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance if he has considered the desirability of granting the same old-age pension to each married person as to single persons, widows or widowers,...
asked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance if he will consider making a winter-time allowance for old-age pensioners for the purchase of coal, beyond any increase that may be made in...
asked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance what decision has been reached on the question of increasing the amount that may be earned by a widow without this affecting the drawing of a...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power if he will take steps to improve the supply of coal to Slough.
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power to what extent industry is obtaining coal below the cost of production.
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power how much coal has been imported since the end of the last coal winter to the latest convenient date; how much of these imports have been house-coal; how much...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power what representations he has received protesting against the inequitable price increases applied to house coal, as compared with the then current prices for...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what reply he has received from the Spanish Government to his protest against the export of arms to Egypt by Spain.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will discuss with the Egyptian Government the establishment of a neutral zone in the Suez Canal area, in view of the Commonwealth support...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will give an assurance that the final passage of the statement on seeking the direct agreement of Commonwealth Governments on occasions of...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether his attention has been called to the case of a British subject, Mrs. Mary Mason, who was recently compelled to return to the United...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs why the discussions of the Anglo-United States study group on a South-East Asian security organisation have been discontinued.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what information he has concerning the disappearance in Berlin of Dr. Otto John, head of the German Office for Security of the German...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if, in view of the satisfactory settlement at the Geneva Conference, Her Majesty's Government will now support the application of the People's...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what proposals have recently been received from the Soviet Government for further big Power talks.
asked the Minister of Food how many cattle, sheep, lambs and pigs were purchased for slaughter in the week ended 17th July.
asked the Minister of Food if he will state, to the latest possible date, the amount which is due for deficiency payments in respect of cattle.
asked the Minister of Food whether he is aware that continued refusal to restore the traditional imports into this country of North American apples and pears may lead to a readjustment of...
asked the Minister of Food whether he will make a statement regarding supplies of butter from New Zealand and Denmark.
Mr. Wiley: asked the Minister of Food whether he will make a statement about the future use of the Government-built slaughterhouses at Grimsby and Wimborne.
asked the Minister of Supply if he will make a statement about the scope and outcome of his discussions with United States defence authorities during his recent visit.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many of the houses built for private ownership during 1953 received a subsidy.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he is aware that recent importations of French and Dutch carrots are making it impossible for Scottish carrot growers to sell their produce; and...
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government whether he is aware that parts of Loddington, Northamptonshire, are distinctly malodorous for lack of proper sewage disposal arrangements; and...
asked the Assistant Postmaster-General when a new sub-postmaster will be appointed at Auchterhouse, Angus, as the lack of one causes inconvenience to this scattered rural community, particularly...
asked the Secretary of State for War in how many cases in 1952 and 1953, respectively, Army units, as an exercise, constructed roads or bridges for local authorities; what was the mileage of...
May I ask the Lord Privy Seal whether he has any statement to make on business?
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has any statement to make about the shooting down of a British aircraft off Hainan.
Your Note No. 122 dated 24th July, 1954, has been received with regard to the case involving a British transport aircraft. I am instructed by the Central Peoples' Government to give the following...
With the permission of the House, I should like to make a statement on the discussions we have been having with the United States and other countries about a revision of the strategic controls on...
I beg leave to ask to be allowed to make a personal statement. I find that in my speech in the House of Commons on 14th July I stated, when referring to the Boundary Commission for Northern...
Ordered, That this day Business other than the Business of Supply may be taken before Ten o'Clock; and that if the first Resolution reported from the Committee of Supply of 22nd July shall have...
[26TH ALLOTTED DAY]
4. That a sum, not exceeding £10,365,176, be granted to Her Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the...
5. That a sum, not exceeding £29,829,015, be granted to Her Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the...
6. That a sum, not exceeding £61,174,808, be granted to Her Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the...
7. That a sum, not exceeding £38,948,212, be granted to Her Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the...
8. That a sum, not exceeding £414,358,720, be granted to Her Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the...
9. That a sum, not exceeding £188,990,110, be granted to Her Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the...
10. That a sum, not exceeding £40,720,866, be granted to Her Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the...
11. That a sum, not exceeding £243,444,973, be granted to Her Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the...
12. That a sum, not exceeding £90,428,420, be granted to Her Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the...
13. That a sum, not exceeding £269,683,500, be granted to Her Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the...
14. That a sum, not exceeding £189,229,600, be granted to Her Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the...
15. That a sum, not exceeding £16,154,500, be granted to Her Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the...
16. That a sum, not exceeding £207,407,900, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1955, for...
17. That a sum, not exceeding £303,300,000, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1955, for...
18. That a sum, not exceeding £141,810,000, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1955, for...
3.52 p.m.
Order for Third Reading read.
Postponed Proceeding resumed on Question, "That this House doth agree with the Committee in the said Resolution."
Question, That this House doth agree with the Committee in the outstanding Resolutions reported in respect of Class I of the Civil Estimates. put, and agreed to.
Question, That this House doth agree with the Committee in the outstanding Resolutions reported in respect of Class II of the Civil Estimates. put, and agreed to.
Question, That this House doth agree with the Committee in the outstanding Resolution reported in respect of Class III of the Civil Estimates. put, and agreed to.
Question, That this House doth agree with the Committee in the outstanding Resolution reported in respect of Class IV of the Civil Estimates. put, and agreed to.
Question, That this House doth agree with the Committee in the outstanding Resolution reported in respect of Class V of the Civil Estimates. put, and agreed to.
Question, That this House doth agree with the Committee in the outstanding Resolution reported in respect of Class VI of the Civil Estimates. put, and agreed to.
Question, That this House doth agree with the Committee in the outstanding Resolutions reported in respect of Class VII of the Civil Estimates. put, and agreed to.
Question, That this House doth agree with the Committee in the outstanding Resolution reported in respect of Class VIII of the Civil Estimates, put, and agreed to.
Question, That this House doth agree with the Committee in the outstanding Resolution reported in respect of Class IX of the Civil Estimates, put, and agreed to.
Question, That this House doth agree with the Committee in the outstanding Resolution reported in respect of Class X of the Civil Estimates, put, and agreed to.
Question, That this House doth agree with the Committee in the outstanding Resolution reported in respect of the Revenue Departments Estimates, put, and agreed to.
Question, That this House doth agree with the Committee in the outstanding Resolution reported in respect of the Ministry of Defence Estimate, put, and agreed to.
Question, That this House doth agree with the Committee in the outstanding Resolution reported in respect of the Navy Estimates, put, and agreed to.
Question, That this House doth agree with the Committee in the outstanding Resolutions reported in respect of the Army Estimates, put, and agreed to.
Question, That this House doth agree with the Committee in the outstanding Resolutions reported in respect of the Air Estimates, put, and agreed to.
Resolution reported, That, towards making good the Supply granted to Her Majesty for the service of the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1955, the sum of £2,479,769,524, be granted out...
"to apply a sum out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the year ending on the thirty-first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and fifty-five and to appropriate the supplies granted...
9.44 p.m.
10.28 p.m.
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. Wills.]
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