Thursday, 18 November 1954
The House met at Half past Two o'Clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
The VICE-CHAMBERLAIN OF THE HOUSE HOLD reported Her Majesty's answer to the Addresses, as follows:
The VICE-CHAMBERLAIN OF THE HOUSEHOLD reported Her Majesty's answer to the Addresses, as follows:
asked the Minister of Labour if he will make statutory regulations governing the conditions of employment in the wholesale textile merchants section of the textile industry.
asked the Minister of Labour what progress he has to report on the recruitment of staff for mental hospitals.
asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that the proposed increase of 7s. per week in hostel charges by the National Service Industrial Hostels will impose a hardship on lower wage...
asked the Minister of Labour to make a further statement in relation to the strike in the ship-repairing industry.
Mr. Lee: asked the Minister of Labour to state the number of labour attaches at present operating in the Balkans and in the Middle East; and whether he will now strengthen the service in those areas.
asked the Minister of Labour why his Department issues permits to foreign cooks to work in restaurants but refuses in the case of cafés, and what is the difference.
asked the Minister of Labour what consultations he has had with the trade unions on the prospective effect on employment and conditions of employment caused by the introduction of automatic...
Mr. H. Wilson: asked the Minister of Labour to make a statement as to his Department's policy about the admission of German workers for industrial employment in this country, and on the...
asked the Minister of Labour to make a statement on his policy regarding the inspectorate appointed to supervise Orders made under the Wages Council Acts and the Catering Wages Act.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department the present strength of the Civil Defence Corps; how this compares with six months ago; and which section of the corps is most below establishment.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department when a new training manual will be available for the Civil Defence Corps.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he expects to issue badges of rank to Civil Defence officers and men.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he expects to be able to publish a book in popular form setting out, among other things, what can be done to mitigate the effects of...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what study his Civil Defence Advisers have made of civil defence in Stockholm and that city's system of air-raid shelters with a view to...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he expects to be in a position to make a statement on the proposals made to his Department by the National Federation of Retail...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what inquiries are being made into the recent jailbreak from Strangeways Prison; and what steps are being taken to prevent recurrences.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he is aware that, owing to the Lord Mayor's Show, 56 London omnibus routes were diverted, and with other heavy traffic occasioned...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he will implement the recommendation of the Departmental Committee on the adoption of children to prohibit the removal of children for...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if be has yet reached a decision on the need for legislation to amend the law of obscene libel.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners are accommodated in Strangeways Prison, Manchester; how many are sleeping three in a cell; and why prisoners serving long...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what progress has been made in preparing legislation to implement the recommendations of the Gowers Committee on offices regulations; and if...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department the practice of the Metropolitan Police with regard to the recovery of costs and expenses from a person against whom a prosecution has failed.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the final report of the Boundary Commission will be available, together with the draft Orders in Council giving effect to their...
asked the Prime Minister whether the Government will undertake a detailed investigation of the effects upon our climate, and the health of our people, of the release of radioactive particles and...
asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of his own declarations in favour of conversations with the Soviet Government, he will consult with our Allies in order to arrange that full talks should...
asked the Minister of Education if he will now relax restriction of expenditure on village halls where, at the moment, none exist.
asked the Minister of Education the number of vacant places in women's training colleges at the beginning of the 1954–55 session.
asked the Minister of Education how many children of five years of age and over are now unable to attend school because no places are available for them.
asked the Minister of Education what decision has been reached on the applications of the Buckinghamshire Education Committee to transfer the costs of the extension of the Slough College of...
asked the Minister of Education to what extent he will enlarge the secondary schoolbuilding programme next year in order to cater for the increasing numbers of children requiring secondary...
asked the Minister of Education what plans have been made for the education of children from the Pear Tree Estate, Rugeley, Staffordshire, bearing in mind the recent completion of this estate and...
May I ask the Lord Privy Seal to state the business for next week?
I should like, with permission, to make a statement on the conclusions which the Government have reached on the principal recommendations in the Report of the Royal Commission on Scottish...
Order read for resuming adjourned debate on Question [17th November], That this House approves the policy of Her Majesty's Government towards Western Europe as expressed in the Agreement reached...
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. Oakshott.]
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