Thursday, 9 December 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 Waldron Smithers, Member for Orpington, and I desire on behalf of the House to express our sense of the loss we have sustained and our...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he is aware that the proposition to maintain regular seasonal day trips to the French coast towns has the support of the local...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what progress has been made in dealing with the problem of horror publications.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department the longest period spent by a Borstal girl in Holloway Prison for the purposes of psychiatric treatment; and what steps are taken to transfer...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what complaints he has received about soliciting in the streets of the West End of London; and what action he is taking.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what conditions are imposed on West Indian immigrants before they are allowed entry to this country.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will now allow the remains of Sir Roger Casement to be returned to Ireland.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will make a statement upon the recent break-out from Her Majesty's Prison, Strangeways, Manchester; and what consideration is being...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what training is given to members of school-crossing patrols in the Metropolitan Police area to ensure that they are able to carry out their...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will, during the present Session of Parliament, introduce legislation to regulate the opening of licensed clubs, and for the more...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he is aware that the Charter granted to the Borough of Maldon, Essex, in 1171, confirmed the borough's existing rights of infangenetheof,...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will cause inquiry to be made into the methods used in the training of performing animals.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many totalisators upon greyhound racecourses have ceased to operate since the introduction of pool betting duty in 1948; and the total...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he is aware that motor cars are frequently parked not only on both sides of Harley Street, London, W.1, but in a double line on one side;...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he is aware of the blemishes in Table V in the Registrar General's Statistical Review, Part II, Civil, 1952, caused by the failure of...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will now consider bringing the pre-Oaksey police widows up to the new scales proposed for National Insurance pensioners.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps he is taking to ensure that adequate provision for the housing of prison warders and their families is being secured at the present...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department to make a statement on his plan for the construction of new prisons.
Miss Ward: asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether, in view of the declining number of girls and boys being sent to approved schools and the increased cost often due to the...
asked the Minister of Education whether he will arrange for a local cost-of-living allowance to be paid to teachers in Birmingham in order to induce teachers to take up posts in that city.
asked the Minister of Education what plans he has for the reorganisation of all-age schools into primary and secondary schools in the near future.
asked the Minister of Education if he is now able to make a statement with regard to grants for village halls.
asked the Minister of Education how many proprietors of private schools have not yet responded to the request made by his Department to supply lists of their staffs; if he will give an estimate...
asked the Minister of Education if he will make a statement showing what progress has been made resulting from his discussions with the three branches of the Armed Services on the general...
asked the Minister of Education whether he will invite local education authorities to consult rural omnibus operators in order to minimise the congestion caused by the requirements of carrying...
asked the Minister of Education what representations he has had made to him regarding the sanitary arrangements at Flixton School, Suffolk; whether he is aware that parents and the managers are...
asked the Minister of Education if he will raise at once the permitted cost per place of new school buildings.
asked the Minister of Education to make a statement on the school-building programme for 1955–56; and how it will compare with the 1954–55 programme.
asked the Minister of Education what steps he proposes to take to increase the supply of teachers.
asked the Prime Minister whether he will institute proceedings under the Official Secrets Acts in view of the fact that Field Marshal Lord Montgomery, on leaving the Army, signed declaration C of...
May I ask the Lord Privy Seal to state the business for next week?
Order read for resuming adjourned debate on Question [8th December], That the Bill be now read a Second time.
Considered in Committee under Standing Order No. 84 (Money Committees).—(Queen's Recommendation signified.)
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Kaberry.]
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