Tuesday, 26 April 1955
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Bill to confirm a Provisional Order of the Minister of Housing and Local Government relating to the Colne Valley Sewerage Board, presented by Mr. Sandys; read the First time; and referred to the...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if, in view of restricted sources of information at present available to large sections of the public, particularly in London, he will arrange, by leaflets...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the total amount of Income Tax paid in the financial year ended 5th April, 1955, by the 2,400,000 taxpayers now removed from liability altogether as a result...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the total revenue from Purchase Tax on all textiles in 1954–55.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the percentage trend of world prices and United Kingdom import prices from 1950 to 1954, taking 1950 as 100.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the average weekly rate at which National Savings Certificates have been encashed since the beginning of 1955; and what is the corresponding figure for 1954.
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 Minister of Housing and Local Goverment if he is aware of the concern in North-West Kent at the continued heavy deposits of dust from cement factories over a wide area; and what action...
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government what applications he has received and what grants he has made, or intends to make, to the Biddulph Council to facilitate the sewering of the...
Mr. Vane: asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government whether he is aware of the difficulty many milk producers and others in North Westmorland are meeting by reason of repeated failure...
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government whether he will consider taking steps to extend the period during which application may be made for payments under Part I of the Town and...
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government the amount of advances made by local authorities in England and Wales under the Small Dwellings Acquisition Acts and Housing Acts during the...
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government the amount of building society advances guaranteed by his Department in accordance with his Circular 42/54.
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government whether he will extend his Circular 24/55, of 8th March, 1955, relating to the housing of ex-Service men, to the case of ex-police officers.
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government when he will be able to give his decision on the Worcestershire County Development Plan.
Mr. H. Wilson: asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government why he has restricted the Huyton-with-Roby Urban District Council to a programme of 150 council houses in 1955.
Mr. H. Wilson: asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government whether he is aware that houses on the ex-Government bungalow estate at Knowsley, Lancashire, are now (standing empty awaiting...
asked the Minister of Labour if he will make a statement on the state of employment in the granite industry in and about the City of Aberdeen.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what steps he is taking to investigate and resolve the complaints made by a prisoner in Peterhead Prison, Aberdeenshire, and contained in the letter sent...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what steps he is now taking to increase the number of health visitors for the elderly sick in Scotland.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he will introduce legislation to amend Section 9 of the Representation of the People Act. 1948, so as to enable him, by regulation, to prescribe...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he will make a further statement with regard to manpower requirements in the Rothes colliery in Fife, consequent on recent discussions with the...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland the nature and extent of the geriatric services in the County of Fife; and whether he will consider the extension of such services in the next financial year.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland to what extent the recent increase in the Bank Rate will affect housebuilding costs and rents in the new towns in Scotland.
asked the Minister of Works when the basement of the Ministry of Education building in Curzon Street, S.W.1, will be restored to its use as a public garage.
Mr. H. Wilson: asked the Minister of Works the total expenditure, from 1941 to 1954, by the Government, including sewers, roads, pavements and drainage, on the former Ministry of Aircraft...
asked the Minister of Works whether he will cause to be placed in Westminster Hall a plaque commemorating the acquittal of the Seven Bishops on 30th June, 1688.
asked the Secretary of State for War why 22965124 Private Raymond Smith, Ordnance Depot, Tripoli, Middle East Land Forces (1), is held under arrest; and if he will, in view of recent medical...
asked the Secretary of State for War if he will investigate the circumstances in which a National Service officer, Mr. P. J. R. Breslin, serving as a second lieutenant in the 2nd Basic Training...
asked the Secretary of State for War if he will make arrangements under which men on being discharged ill or disabled from the Army shall always be provided with a form authorising that their...
asked the Secretary of State for War if he will make a statement regarding revised arrangements for keeping the nearest relatives of soldiers in hospital informed about their condition.
asked the Secretary of State for War if an agreement has now been reached regarding the negotiations with Asian civilian staff employed in the War Department in Kenya regarding the conditions of...
asked the President of the Board of Trade how many factories were built on the Bede Trading Estate, Jarrow, up to October, 1951; and how many have been built since 1951.
asked the President of the Board of Trade (1) to what value he permitted the import of stereo cameras from Germany in the last year for which figures are available; and why such imports are so...
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will now make a statement on the Government's proposals for dealing with the competition from imported Indian cloth, which is undermining the...
On business, Mr. Speaker, may I ask the Leader of the House if he is aware that the Scottish Grand Committee this morning by midday unanimously passed without division the Public Libraries...
Considered in Committee.
Motion made, and Question proposed,
3.34 p.m.
Order for consideration, as amended (in the Standing Committee), read.
10.3 p.m.
I beg to move, in page 4, line 42, at the end to insert: and, in relation to a railway wagon or road vehicle, means the person in charge of the wagon or vehicle and not the occupier of the land...
(changed from PUBLIC SERVICE VEHICLES (CONTRACT CARRIAGES AND SPECIAL TRAVEL FACILITIES) BILL)
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Studholme.]
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