Thursday, 27 October 1955
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
asked the Minister of Education whether he is aware of the dissatisfaction of parents with primary education in Allesley in the County of Warwick; and whether he will make a statement showing...
asked the Minister of Education if he is aware of the dissatisfaction that exists amongst members of the National Association of Schoolmasters regarding their lack of representation on the...
asked the Minister of Education how many authorities are paying the allowance of £30 per annum to all second-class honours graduates; and what proportion this is of all education authorities.
asked the Minister of Education if he will negotiate with the managers of approved schools, now being closed, so as to provide accommodation for maladjusted children.
asked the Minister of Education whether he has completed his discussions with the direct grant schools about special allowances to the teaching staff; and whether the staffs can now expect...
asked the Minister of Education how many new schools for handicapped children have been opened by his Department during 1955; and how many spastic children are being educated at these schools.
asked the Minister of Education if he has now closed the three comprehensive schools on the Manchester Corporation's Wythenshawe Estate, which opened after he had rejected the local education...
asked the Minister of Education what action he has taken on the Report of the Central Advisory Council for Education.
asked the Minister of Education if he is aware that certain local authorities are issuing to schoolchildren milk tablets in place of fresh milk; to what extent this is in accordance with...
asked the Minister of Education why he took his public relations officer to the recent Conservative Party Conference; what State duties this officer performed whilst at Bournemouth; and the total...
asked the Minister of Education the result of his discussions with the Minister of Health and the Minister of Labour concerning the possible exposure of schoolchildren and others to lead...
asked the Minister of Education why he has rejected the local education authority's proposal to open a nursery school in Silverdale in the excepted district of Newcastle-under-Lyme; and, in view...
asked the Minister of Education if he has considered a letter from the education committee of the excepted district of Newcastle-under-Lyme about the inadequacy of the proposed 1956–57...
asked the Minister of Education, in view of the successful experiments in Kent by Enterprise Unlimited to recruit young women to be trained to be useful in emergencies, if he will give...
asked the Minister Education whether he will recommend to local education authorities that primary school headmasters' reports be taken into account when selecting children for grammar school places.
asked the Minister of Education whether he will make an inquiry into the methods of ophthalmic inspection in schools; and, in particular, whether he will draw the attention of local education...
asked the Minister of Education what conversation he had with the representatives of the National Union of Teachers before he decided to increase their rate of contribution to the Teachers'...
asked the Minister of Education whether he will move to appoint a Select Committee to consider and report on examinations for secondary schools.
asked the Minister of Education what reasons he gave the Manchester Education Committee for his refusal to approve its plans for secondary education.
asked the Minister of Education the amount spent on capital projects for technical and technological education in the years 1951 to 1955.
asked the Under-Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations what has been the death rate from tuberculosis in Swaziland during the last three years, respectively and what measures the...
asked the Under-Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations if he will make a statement on the plans for economic and social development in the High Commission Territories of Basutoland,...
asked the Under-Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations how many supporters of Seretse Khama are members of the African Advisory Council in Bechuanaland; how many sub-chiefs or headmen who...
asked the President of the Board of Trade what representations have been made to the United States Government over their higher tariffs and refusal of British tenders for electrical contracts.
asked the President of the Board of Trade what steps he is taking to ensure a supply of newsprint to the smaller papers.
asked the President of the Board of Trade what quantities of apples and canned salmon have so far been imported from British Columbia during 1955; and what further quantities he anticipates will...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will make a statement concerning foreign business firms making use of Eire in order to import goods into this country without paying duty.
asked the President of the Board of Trade why he is permitting an increase of 10 per cent. in the import of apples from North America this year.
Mr. H. Wilson: asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will make a statement about the trade and payments agreement recently signed with the Japanese Government.
Mr. H. Wilson: asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will make a statement about the future of the factory on the Huyton Industrial Estate previously occupied by the Hosemaster Machine...
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will give an estimate of the loss to the export trade caused by strikes during the past three, six and twelve months, respectively.
asked the President of the Board of Trade how many firms have been fined for offences under the Merchandise Marks Act in connection with advertising goods wrongly described; whether he is...
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will consider a redundancy scheme to deal with the growing excess of productive capacity in the United Kingdom cotton textile industry consequent...
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he is now in a position to make a statement regarding negotiations for a trade agreement between this country and Czechoslovakia.
asked the President of the Board of Trade what action he is taking to ensure adequate production of British films for the purpose of maintaining the first-feature and supporting programme quotas.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will now take steps to give exemption from Entertainment Duties to amateur operatic societies employing professional conductors on the same lines as...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the amount invested in National Savings during the last financial year; and what proportion of those savings was spent as revenue and capital, respectively.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will make a statement on the position of the gold and dollar reserves.
asked the Prime Minister whether the speech by the President of the Board of Trade at Harrogate on 14th October represents the policy of the Government with regard to the cotton textile industry.
May I ask the Lord Privy Seal whether he will state the business for next week?
As promised, I should like to make a statement about housing policy. The Government have been reviewing the level of housing subsidies in England and Wales. At present, the basic annual...
Hon. Members may recall that in June, 1954, I informed the House that I had decided to postpone any review of Scottish housing subsidies until the Government had reached conclusions on the...
Bill to continue certain expiring laws, presented by Mr. Henry Brooke; read the First time; to be read a Second time Tomorrow and to be printed. [Bill 41.]
Bill to provide for raising further money for the development of the postal, telegraphic and telephonic systems and of any other business of the Post Office; to make provision with respect to the...
Considered in Committee. [Progress, 26th October.]
Question again proposed, That the Income Tax Acts shall be amended in the following respects— (a) provision shall be made with respect to the computation of the profits or gains or losses...
4.15 p.m.
Select Committee appointed to consider whether the Election of Mr. Charles Alfred Howell as a Member of this House for the Birmingham, Perry Barr Division is invalid on the ground that at the...
10.2 p.m.
Motion made, and question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. R. Thompson.]
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