Tuesday, 5 April 1955
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Bill to confirm a Provisional Order made by the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation under the Bournemouth Corporation Act, 1930, relating to Bournemouth Corporation trolley vehicles,...
asked the Secretary of State for War what consideration he has given to improving the rates of retired pay and pensions of those officers and men who are drawing retired pay or pensions at rates...
asked the Secretary of State for War why permission is no longer given for Royal Signals units of the Territorial Army to provide voluntary communications services at agricultural shows.
asked the Secretary of State for War what economies have been secured in payments for domestic staff allowed to officers living out in married quarters in Germany.
asked the Secretary of State for War what administrative arrangements are made to ensure that in peace-time a soldier who feels unwell can, as a right, claim to be seen by a doctor.
asked the Secretary of State for War what training is given to medical orderlies who have no civilian experience of the handling of drugs.
asked the Secretary of State for War when, and why, Royal Army Medical Corps surgical teams were removed from the establishment of a parachute battalion.
asked the Secretary of State for War the purpose of the mobilisation of British Armed Forces in Ulster on the 5th and 6th of March; and what action was taken by these Forces.
asked the President of the Board of Trade why it is not allowed to export phenol and glycerine to China although China is offering these commodities for sale to this country.
asked the President of the Board of Trade the number and value of import licences currently issued by his Department in respect of hydrocortisone acetate ointment.
asked the President of the Board of Trade how far coal is included in the policy of Her Majesty's Government for liberalising European trade.
asked the President of the Board of Trade (1) what steps he is taking to assure reciprocity in carpet tariffs between Great Britain and India; (2) the comparative figures for 12 months ended on...
asked the President of the Board of Trade the value of the exports of dyestuffs, radio and television equipment, and electrical machinery from the United Kingdom to India, Japan, the dollar area...
asked the President of the Board of Trade in what way it is proposed to use the unused newsprint which will have accumulated as a result of the present strike.
asked the President of the Board of Trade the present cost in rentals and supervision of strategic stockpiles of timber; and the estimated deterioration in condition.
asked the President of the Board of Trade (1) if he is aware that the national newspapers practise a restriction on competition by price maintenance, as is instanced by their joint action in...
asked the President of the Board of Trade (1) the average import price per pair of leather, knitted, and fabric gloves, respectively, imported from Hong Kong into this country; (2) the numbers of...
asked the President of the Board of Trade what proposals he contemplates to absorb the men and women unemployed in the Hartlepools area.
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that the position of the knitted glove industry in Leicester and elsewhere has further deteriorated very recently and that it is now...
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he is now in a position to make a statement regarding the Prime Minister's meeting with representatives of the cotton industry on 24th March.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he has considered the communication concerning Purchase Tax from R. Hayward, Esquire, 6, Palmerston Road, Forest Gate, E.15, forwarded to him by the hon....
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) the current value of the United States securities owned by Her Majesty's Government which were formerly lodged as collateral in respect of the...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will now publish monthly figures of the general level of stocks and work in progress.
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury if he is now prepared to make a statement on the transfer of a Department to the North-East.
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury if he will publish a list of official advisory committees of Her Majesty's Government giving the terms of reference, when each was appointed and the...
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government if he will make a statement on the future of local government in Wales.
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government when he expects to be in a position to make a statement on assistance to local authorities affected by mining subsidence.
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government if he is now in a position to assess the effects of revaluation under the Valuation for Rating Act, 1953.
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government what circulars he has sent to county councils which require increases of expenditure and staff by them.
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government what percentage of the total expenditure by county councils is borne by central Government.
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government why he gave no reason to the Hackney Borough Council in his letter to them requesting them to derequisition 46, Osbaldeston Road.
asked the Prime Minister whether, as was the case in 1926 when the publication and circulation of newspapers were prevented by a strike, he will now give orders for the immediate publication of...
asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of the confusion in the public mind as to the policy of Her Majesty's Government for arranging a four-Power Conference, he will now say how far it is the...
asked the Prime Minister, in view of the fact that he recently received a deputation representative of the cotton industry, if he will make a statement on the circumstances which decide his...
asked the Prime Minister if he will consult with the Prime Minister of Canada, the President of the United States of America. and the Prime Ministers of the member States of the Council of Europe...
asked the Prime Minister in view of the fact that President Roosevelt first proposed that the talks, which afterwards took place at Yalta, should take place in Scotland, if he will propose that...
Mr. I. O. Thomas: On a point of order. I should like to call attention to the fact that a Question which I addressed to the Prime Minister has been transferred for answer by the Under-Secretary...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) if he is aware that in a recent survey in Edinburgh, made by 159 doctors of 5,086 elderly patients, it was discovered that there was a large need for...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland the normal quota of letters a prisoner may send to his Member of Parliament.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether, in consequence of the findings of the survey conducted by the Edinburgh Local Medical Committee, details of which have been sent to him, he...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland the terms of the letter he has recently received from the Town Council of Ayr on the question of interest rates; and his reply.
67. Mr. Hastings asked the Minister of Works whether he will take steps to relieve the congestion at Hyde Park Corner by providing for a double line of traffic for vehicles leaving the park, such...
70. Mr. Hayman asked the Minister of Works what steps the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority is taking to provide more satisfactory containers for lethal atomic waste and safer unloading...
I beg to ask leave to move the Adjournment of the House under Standing Order No. 9, for the purpose of discussing a definite matter of urgent public importance, namely, the imminent resignation...
May I ask the Lord Privy Seal, as Leader of the House, whether it has been brought to his notice that there is an entirely new practice on the part of Ministers of being present in the House ...
The House will remember that on 23rd March I made a statement about a proposed change in the arrangements for the daily half-hour Adjournment. I asked hon. Members to let me have any comments on...
Bill to provide for the renewal of long leases of residential property in Wales, and for purposes connected therewith, presented by Mr. Gower; supported by Captain Kerby, read the First time; to...
Motion made, and Question put:—
Order for Second Reading read.
Considered in Committee under Standing Order No. 84 (Money Committees).—
Mr. Ramsden discharged from the Select Committee on Nationalised Industries; Colonel Lancaster added.—[Sir C. Drewe.]
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Kaberry.]
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