Tuesday, 27 July 1954
The House met at Half past Two o'Clock
[Mr. SPEAKERin the Chair]
Lords Amendments considered, pursuant to Order [26th July], and agreed to.
I desire to exercise the most ancient right of British citizens and of hon. Members of this House and present a Petition on behalf of more than 300 fathers and mothers in the housing estate of...
asked the Minister of Works the average numbers of those who view the Crown Jewels on weekdays and on Sundays during the tourist season.
asked the Minister of Works what action he proposes to take to bring the Regulations governing the Royal Parks more in keeping with modern standards.
asked the Minister of Works whether he is now in a position to name a date by which Dover House, Whitehall, will be ready for re-occupation by the Scottish Office.
asked the Minister of Works how many increases in the price of bricks there have been in the past three years; the amounts of these increases; and how far all types of building bricks have been...
asked the Minister of Works whether he, is aware of the continued shortage of cement for urgent building requirements in Newport, particularly for certain contracts and contractors of whom he has...
asked the Minister of Works if, in view of the fact that this is the 50th anniversary of theEntente Cordiale, he will consider removing from the Palace of Westminster unsightly pictures depicting...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Works, as representing the Lord President of the Council, why only £578,000 is included in the Civil Estimates for the Directorate of...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Works as representing the Lord President of the Council, how far the proposals announced in 1946 for the recruitment of additional persons to...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Works, as representing the Lord President of the Council, how many staff are employed, and what is the expenditure of the Directorate of...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Works, as representing the Lord President of the Council, what activities of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research are included...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Works, as representing the Lord President of the Council, how many persons are engaged, and what sum is being spent in the current year, on...
asked the Minister of Labour how many graduates in engineering, chemistry and metallurgy, respectively, or their technical equivalents, accepted appointments as factory inspectors in response...
asked the Minister of Labour to make a statement on the general employment position in Wales, compared with a convenient date 12 months ago and in 1951.
asked the Minister of Labour how the present employment position in the United Kingdom as a whole compares with that of a year ago; and how far he anticipates that full employment can be...
asked the Minister of Labour what efforts have been made through the National Joint Advisory Council with the object of improving human relations in industry.
asked the Minister of Labour how many of his staff throughout the country during the year 1953 were compulsorily retired on reaching the age of 60 years; how many between the ages of 61 and 65...
asked the Minister of Labour how many people in the Borough of Barry had been unemployed for periods of more than six months at the latest convenient date; and how this figure compares with the...
asked the Minister of Labour how many of the male and female workers, respectively, who were rendered redundant by the recent closing of the British-American Tobacco Company's factory in Stirling...
asked the Minister of Labour if his regulations permit managers of all employment exchanges to arrange with employment exchanges or employers in new towns for the employment of those who apply...
asked the Minister of Labour in what trades or occupations continuing deferments can be obtained from National Service; and what are the general reasons on which decisions are made.
asked the Minister of Labour if he will make a statement on the system of allotting assisted passages to Australia to persons liable for National Service.
asked the Minister of Labour what steps are taken to ensure that men who have been abroad and are liable to call-up for National Service on return to this country are, in fact, called-up.
asked the Minister of Labour if he is aware of the concern caused by the fact that the cost-of-living index has again risen in June; and what action is being taken to reduce the cost of living.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland the numbers and percentages of mental patients released from mental homes under his control in Scotland during each of the last five years; what...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland the number of inmates of Scottish prisons who are at present being detained in cells containing more than two persons.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he will now state his decision on the report of Sir John Handford regarding planning permission for an oil depot in Dundee.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what action he is taking in consultation with the Scottish Tourist Board to popularise the island of Arran as a tourist centre.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what representations he has received from Dundee Corporation regarding the transfer to local authorities of the Welfare Foods Scheme; and what reply he...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he has yet received the Report of the Royal Commission on Scottish Affairs; and whether he will make a statement.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what proposals he has for encouraging the production of new potatoes in Scotland.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland when he proposes to make a statement on the position of Civil Defence in Scotland.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what representations he has received from Edinburgh Town Council regarding the rebuilding of Leith Town Hall; and if he will now announce his decision.
asked the Prime Minister whether he will move to set up a Select Committee, with wider terms of reference than the Select Committee on Statutory Instruments, to investigate the methods of...
asked the Prime Minister whether he will now arrange for Her Majesty's Government to dedicate a further two divisions to the European Defence Community.
asked the Prime Minister in view of the result of the Geneva Conference on Indo-China and the effective participation by the Foreign Secretary, what steps Her Majesty's Government now intend to...
asked the Prime Minister whether, since he informed a Liberal Party deputation on 3rd February, 1953, that a factual inquiry into the subject of electoral reform was not excluded, he will advise...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he can make a statement about the latest incidents connected with the shooting down of a British aircraft off Hainan.
May I raise a matter in connection with Thursday's business, Mr. Speaker, as it affects all back benchers on both sides of the House? For the first time in the history of the House, I believe,...
Proceedings on Government Business exempted, at this day's Sitting, from the provisions of Standing Order No. I (Sittings of the House).—[The Prime Minister.]
Order read for consideration of Lords Amendments.
Lords Amendment: In page 1, line 9, leave out from "Act" to" "television" in line 10.
Lords Amendment: In page 4, line 30. leave out "and" and insert "or."
Lords Amendment: In page 5, line 35, leave out paragraph (a).
Lords Amendment: In page 7, leave out lines 12 to 17, and insert: (4) After consultation with the Authority the Postmaster-General may make regulations by Statutory Instrument amending,...
Lords Amendment: In page 9, line 10, leave out from "control" to end of line 22.
Lords Amendment: In line 9, at end, insert: A.—(1) With a view to preventing the making of exclusive arrangements for the broadcasting to a restricted audience of sporting or other events...
Lords Amendment: In page 11, line 20, leave out "on any religious services or" and insert: as to the exercise of their functions in relation to any such items as are mentioned in paragraph (a) of...
Lords Amendment: In page 12, line 13, after "them" insert: and as to the hours of the day in which such broadcasts are or are not to be given.
Lords Amendment: In page 15, line 8, leave out "Accountant and Auditors" and insert "Accountants."
Lords Amendment: In page 19, leave out lines 21 to 31 and insert: rules (to be agreed upon from time to time between the Authority and the Postmaster-General, or settled by the Postmaster-Genera/...
Lords Amendments considered.
Lords Amendment: In page 6, line 8, at end, insert: (5) Subsections (1) and (2) of section twenty-three of the Housing Repairs and Rents Act, 1954, shall not apply where the standard rent of the...
Lords Amendment: In page 6, line 32, leave out "and" and insert: (d) whether initial repairs to be so carried out are to be carried out by the landlord or by the tenant, or which of them are to...
Lords Amendment: In page 7, line 40, leave out "the landlord shall carry out" and insert: the terms mentioned in subsection (1) of the last foregoing section shall include the carrying out of
Lords Amendment: In page 9, line 11, at end insert: (3) Notwithstanding anything in subsection (1) of section seven of this Act, the court shall not have power to determine that any initial...
Lords Amendment: In page 13, line 30, at end insert: (6) Where by virtue of subsection (3) or (5) of this section the landlord gives a landlord's notice proposing a statutory tenancy which...
Lords Amendmen: In page 18, line 35, leave out "(2)" and insert "(3)".
Lords Amendment: In page 20, line 19, after "tenant" insert "and so employed."
Lords Amendment: In page 24, line 21, leave out paragraph (d)
Lords Amendment: In page 28, line 26, after "precluded" insert: (whether by subsection (1) or subsection (2) of section thirty-one of this Act)"—[Special Entry.]
Lords Amendment: In page 30, line 19, leave out from beginning to "any" in line 24 and insert: (2) Where— (a) during the whole of the five years immediately preceding the date on which the...
Lords Amendment: In page 32, line 30, at end insert new Clause "A"— A.—(l) Where a tenancy is held on trust, occupation by all or any of the beneficiaries under the trust, and the...
Lords Amendment: In page 32, line 38, leave out from "group" to end of line 44 and insert: occupation by another member of the group, and the carrying on of a business by another member of the...
Lords Amendment: In page 33, line 18, leave out from "the" to end of line 19 and insert: restrictions on the obtaining of possession by the landlord imposed by section three of the Rent and...
Lords Amendment: In page 38, line 29, leave out "refuses" and insert "withholds."
Lords Amendment: In page 41, line 1, leave out from "corporation" to "then" in line 5 and insert: the Minister or Board in charge of any Government Department may certify that it is requisite for...
Lords Amendment: In page 43, line 16, after "tenancy" insert "or a part thereof."
Lords Amendment: In page 47, line 4, after "assessor" insert: shall be at such rate as may be determined by the Lord Chancellor with the approval of the Treasury and.
Lords Amendment: In page 54, line 11, to leave out "such greater number of instalments" and insert: instalments of such smaller amounts.
Lords Amendment: In page 55, line 30, at end insert: Failure of tenant to carry out initial repairs
Lords Amendment: In page 60, line 47, leave out from beginning to end of line 10 on page 61 and insert: (c) the court makes an order for the recovery by the superior landlord of possession of the...
Lords Amendment: In page 66, line 42, leave out paragraph 2 and insert: 2.—(1) Nothing in this Act shall prevent the recovery from a tenant who retains possession of a dwelling-house by...
Lords Amendment considered.
Lords Amendment: In page 6, line 15, leave out "paragraph (b) or (c) of subsection (2)" and insert "subsection (4)."
Order read for resuming Adjourned Debate on Amendment proposed [16th July] on Consideration of Bill as amended (in the Standing Committee).
Mr. Heathcoat Amory, Mr. F. M. Bennett, Mr. Braine, Mr. Chetwynd, Mr. James Griffiths, Mr. Edward Heath, Mr. Arthur Henderson, Mr. Walker-Smith and Mrs. Eirene White to present the Mace to the...
1.50 a.m.
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. Kaberry.]
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