Monday, 28 March 1955
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will make a further statement on the weekly amount and variety of food by weight per capita in the United Nations Relief and Works Agency...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs when the Disarmament Commission is to meet; and whether he will instruct the representative of the United Kingdom Government to support the...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs when his Department last discussed with the Icelandic Government the fishing dispute between the two countries.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what progress has been made in discussions with the Chinese Government relating to the blocked pension funds of retired employees of the Shanghai...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether his attention has been drawn to the offer by Israel to Egypt to abandon all frontier incidents between the two States if Egypt will give a...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs why he will not give instructions to the British Government's representative on the Commission of Human Rights to promote the inclusion of a...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what progress he can report in respect of the present sittings of the Sub-Committee of the Disarmament Commission; and when the proceedings are...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will give an assurance that it is the policy of Her Majesty's Government that the four-Power talks which they are proposing, after...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power if he is aware of the confusion that still exists as to the rôle of fuel overseers in regard to the supply of low-grade coal for domestic allocations;...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power whether he will give a general direction to the National Coal Board to make greater endeavour to improve the quality of household coal.
Mrs. Slater: asked the Minister of Fuel and Power if he will give a general direction to the National Coal Board requiring them to take steps to prevent the burning of soil tips.
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power what steps he is taking to ensure an equitable and balanced distribution of such grades and qualities of coal as are not subject to the provisions of orders...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power, in view of the Coal Distribution Orders now being 12 years old and inappropriate to current circumstances for supply and pricing of house coal, including...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power if he will speed up the delivery of coal, coke and anthracite in Slough and district.
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power to what causes he attributes the decline in the production of coal in Great Britain during the first 10 weeks of 1955 as compared with the corresponding...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power to state the steps he is taking to encourage the use of oil as a substitute for coal in industry and else-where; and the approximate estimated saving in...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power if he is aware that, despite the emergency arrangements which he recently made, many London merchants have no stocks of coal and are unable to supply their...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power how many tons of coal he estimates will be exported in 1955.
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power if he will issue leaflets and small posters available for distribution or display by local authorities and others showing the respective thermal content,...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power what action is to be taken to have a thorough investigation into the statement contained in the Report by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe,...
Mr. Wiley: asked the Minister of Food what foodstuffs are at present being stored by his Department abroad; and in what countries these foodstuffs are so stored.
asked the Minister of Food how much frozen meat held in Government account is in cold storage at home and on our behalf in other countries; what action is being taken to release shipping serving...
asked the Minister of of Food if he is aware of the concern at the large stocks of condensed milk held by his Department when liquid milk is plentiful; and what action is being taken to ensure...
asked the Minister of Food how the average retail prices paid for eggs in 1954 compare with the prices paid in 1953.
asked the Minister of Food, in view of the fact that the retail price of 7 lb. of potatoes is fixed for most brands at 1 s. 3½d., whether he will take steps to compel retailers to exhibit...
asked the Minister of Food when he expects to obtain more plentiful supplies of Danish butter.
asked the Minister of Food how much wheat was grown in the United Kingdom, and what proportion was used for flour milling, in the years 1938–39 and 1953–54, respectively.
asked the Minister of Food the level of bacon consumption now, as compared with that during the last six months of control.
asked the Minister of Food the consumption of sugar in the latest 12 months for which figures are available; and how this compares with consumption in the 12 months immediately before derationing.
asked the Minister of Food the estimated value to the average family of the remaining subsidies on bread and milk, including welfare milk; and how this amount varies with families of different size.
asked the Minister of Food what different foodstuffs are at present held in store by his Department, and in each case what is the amount so stored.
asked the hon. Member for Finchley, as representing the Church Commissioners, the net percentage interest earned on the capital invested in Dibdin House, Paddington; and how this compares with...
asked the hon. Member for Finchley, as representing the Church Commissioners, how much liquid capital the Commission have at present awaiting investment; and what schemes are being considered for...
asked the hon. Member for Finchley, as representing the Church Commissioners, how many times the lease of 39, Shirland Road, Paddington, has changed hands since the war; and what steps the...
Mr. H. Wilson: asked the Minister of Supply why he has informed the tenants of his Department's estate in Liverpool, 11, that cooking equipment and washboilers are to be withdrawn from the...
Air Commodore Harvey: asked the Minister of Health if he is aware of the shortage of accommodation in the hospitals in Macclesfield and Congleton; and if he will take steps to have more adequate...
asked the Minister of Health if he will now state when the proposed new hospital for the district of Slough will be built; and how many beds it will contain.
asked the Minister of Health the average number of patients on doctors' lists in Wales at the latest convenient date; how this figure compares with the figure for England; and how it compares...
asked the Minister of Health if he is aware that members of friendly societies, some of whom have contributed for nearly 50 years, are at a disadvantage under the Health Service in regard to...
asked the Attorney-General whether he will extend legal aid to respondents in cases before the House of Lords where such respondents have been legally aided and successful in lower courts.
asked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance if, when he receives the National Insurance Advisory Committee's Report on widows' pensions, he will give special attention to fatal accident...
asked the First Lord of the Admiralty if he will make a statement as to the future of the Royal Naval Air Station at Singapore.
With permission, Mr. Speaker, I will now make a statement in answer to Question No. 9. The House will be aware that the United Nations General Assembly laid down that the discussions of the...
(by Private Notice) asked the Minister of Labour and National Service whether he has any statement to make about the dispute which has caused a stoppage in the newspaper industry.
3.42 p.m.
Considered in Committee [Progress. 24th March].
7.43 p.m.
Complaint of the hon. Member for Maldon, regarding the action of the Deputy Assistant Chaplain General, Salisbury Plain District, in threatening the Reverend J. P. Stevenson, one of his...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Studholme.]
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