Thursday, 11 November 1954
The House met at Half past Two o'Clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
asked the Minister of Agriculture to what extent, up to the latest convenient date, subsidies to the agricultural industry are running in excess of, or less than, the amount estimated.
Mr. Watkins: asked the Minister of Agriculture what progress has been made by the Welsh Agricultural Land Sub-Commission with the farm survey in Mid-Wales; and when a report may be expected.
asked the Minister of Agriculture what steps have been taken to bring to the notice of farmers the provisions of the Protection of Animals (Anaesthetics) Act, 1954; and whether he will consider...
asked the Minister of Agriculture what progress has been made with the scheme for establishing pig-litter testing stations throughout the country.
asked the Minister of Agriculture what progress has been made in the preparation of an egg marketing scheme.
asked the Minister of Agriculture the amount of home-produced wool in 1948 and 1954.
asked the Minister of Agriculture the amount of home-produced beef, veal, mutton, pork and bacon for the years ended 30th September, 1948, and 30th September, 1954.
asked the Minister of Agriculture (1) if he will extend to hill farmers in England and Wales, such as those in the Lake District, the special subsidies granted to certain Scottish hill farmers,...
Mr. Smithers: asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is aware that two plots of building land at Peacehaven, belonging to Mr. E. B. Holdaway, are the subject of a compulsory purchase order...
asked the Minister of Agriculture what special measures he is considering to assist in completing the potato harvest in view of the continued disastrous weather conditions, and the substantial...
asked the Minister of Agriculture, in the light of the late season, what special consideration has been given to the difficulty of maintaining a reasonable cereal acreage for the 1955 harvest;...
asked the Minister of Labour the number of persons registered as unemployed in the county of Caernarvon; what percentage of the insured population of the county this represents; and how this...
asked the Minister of Labour the average weekly earnings of full-time agricultural workers in Britain and of industrial workers in Britain, respectively, taken over a year, to the last convenient...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he has any further statement to make on the strike in the ship-repairing industry.
asked the Minister of Labour to what extent the recent London docks strike was caused by the Communist Party.
asked the Minister of Labour to make a statement as to his plans for the development of industrial health services.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assistance was given by his Department to the United States authorities in the prosecution of Mr. Owen Lattimore; and if he will make a...
Sir G. Lloyd: asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what precautions are taken by the immigration officers of his Department to check the entry of obviously ailing persons who may...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps he is taking, on the application made under the Protection of Birds Act, for special powers to deal with an alleged excess of...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what progress has been made in securing the cooperation of local authorities for the purpose of providing volunteer members of the Civil...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will give consideration to taking powers to place a ban on the printing and sale of horror comics, details of which have been sent to...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether next year he will prolong summer time for an additional three or four weeks in the autumn as was the practice a few years ago.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether his Department has yet succeeded in tracing the present whereabouts of Father H. Borynski, the Polish priest who vanished from his...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will make a statement on the security measures taken in relation to the Polish trawler "Czajk," which grounded on the Norfolk coast...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what conclusion has been reached on the control of immigration from British overseas countries.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if, in view of the serious increase in the numbers of children taken into public care as the result of the break-up of families, he will...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department why the annual subscription from the United Kingdom to the international police organisation, known as Interpol, has doubled in the last two years.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will write to all police authorities requesting them not to pursue a claim for costs for contingent actions in a case where the...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will conduct an inquiry into the circumstances under which all police authorities, whilst strictly enforcing the laws relating to...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department the number of civil servants assisting him in his capacity as Minister for Welsh Affairs, their service grades and the main aspects of the...
asked the Prime Minister if he can yet state the names of the committee set up to examine the present arrangements for the administration of Crown Lands.
asked the Prime Minister whether he will make a statement on the extent to which Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom will co-operate in the working of President Eisenhower's proposed...
May I ask the Lord Privy Seal to state the business for next week?
With your permission, Mr. Speaker, and that of the House, I should like to make a statement about radio licences. As a result of certain recent developments, doubt has arisen as to the legality...
Proceedings on Government Business exempted, at this day's Sitting, from the provisions of Standing Order No. 1 (Sittings of the House). — [Mr. Crookshank.]
Order for consideration, as amended, read.
I beg to move, in page 14, line 34, to leave out "forty," and to insert "thirty-five."
(1) There shall be constituted a Council, to be called the Food Hygiene Advisory Council, which shall consist of a chairman appointed by the Ministers and such number of other members so...
For paragraph (a) of the proviso to subsection (1) of section eighty of the principal Act (which provides a time-limit for prosecution in certain cases) there shall be substituted the following...
1.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this section, no person shall sell, or offer or expose for sale, for human consumption— (a) any substance which resembles cream in appearance, but...
As soon as the Minister of Health, the Minister of Food and the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries are satisfied that it has become practicable, they shall by joint order prohibit the sale for...
I beg to move, in page 2, line 22, to leave out Clause 2.
7.30 p.m.
I beg to move, in page 5, line 39, at the end, to insert: (3) For the purposes of the said section six no trade mark which on the day this Act is passed is registered under the Trade Marks Act,...
Dr. Hill: I beg to move, in page 6, line 22, after "packaging," to insert "wrapping." This Amendment has been put down to meet a point made by the right hon. Lady the Member for Fulham, West...
Dr. Hill: I beg to move, in page 8, line 31, after the first "or," to insert: (in the case of an offence committed in respect of premises) to. My hon. Friend the Member for Hastings (Mr....
Dr. Hill: I beg to move, in page 12, to leave out lines 23 to 36, and to insert: (4) If on the coming into operation of any regulations under this section in relation to any class of business,...
Mr. Amory: I beg to move, in page 13, line 7, after "milked," to insert— (i) at any stage of a journey to or from a dairy farm,(ii) at a slaughterhouse or knacker's yard, or(iii). The...
Dr. Hill: I beg to move, in page 14, line 11, to leave out Clause 12. This is consequential on our adding the new Clause with the rubric cream substitutes."
Amendment made: In page 16, line 9, leave out "(4)," and insert "(5)."—[Dr. Hill.]
I beg to move, in page 18, line 4, at the end, to insert: Provided that a failure of a council to give such notice to the Minister or the inadequacy of a notice or a summary of the facts shall...
I beg to move, in page 19, line 6, at the end, to insert: (5) The Act of 1950 shall be amended by inserting at the end of paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of section thirteen the words "it shall...
Mr. Amory: I beg to move, in page 19, line 12, to leave out from "shall," to the end of line 29, on page 20, and to insert: deal with the sample in accordance with the provisions of Schedule...
Dr. Hill: I beg to move, in page 22, to leave out lines 14 to 19, and to insert: (4) For subsections (3) and (4) of section sixty-nine of the principal Act there shall be substituted the...
Amendment made: In page 24, line 11, leave out Clause 24.—[Dr. Hill.]
I beg to move, in page 24, line 23, to leave out "one hundred," and insert "two hundred and fifty." I am surprised that we have not the Solicitor-General here. I understand that he is on his...
I beg to move, in page 26, line 41, after "entry," to insert: and section twenty-one of this Act. This is really a drafting Amendment, and rectifies an accidental omission.
Dr Hill: I beg to move, in page 28, line 11, to leave out from "any," to "shall" in line 12, and to insert: place where food is supplied in the course of a business. This Amendment is proposed...
1. The sampling officer shall forthwith divide the sample into three parts, each part to be marked and sealed or fastened up in such manner as its nature will permit, and shall— (a) with...
Amendments made: In page 33, line 12, after "Act," insert "subsection (4) of section (Food Hygiene Advisory Council) of this Act."
9.15 p.m.
In page 44, column 3, leave out lines 32 and 33, and insert: In section seventy-seven, in subsection (2), the words from "and, where the justice is satisfied" to "use in the manufacture of...
I beg to move, in subsection (4, b), after the second "draft," to insert "code of practice or a draft."
Considered in Committee; reported, without Amendment; read the Third time, and passed, without Amendment.
Considered in Committee; reported, without Amendment; read the Third time, and passed, without Amendment.
Considered in Committee; reported, without Amendment; read the Third time, and passed, without Amendment.
Lords Amendments considered.
Lords Amendment: In page 3, line 38, leave out "1953" and insert "1954."
Lords Amendment: In page 15, line 5, leave out "1937" and insert "1947."
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. Kaberry.]
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