Monday, 31 October 1955
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 the right honourable Charles Williams, Member for Torquay, and I desire on behalf of the House to express our sense of the loss we have...
As amended, considered; Amendments made to the Bill; Bill to be read the Third time.
asked the Minister of Health to state the number of hospitals under his control that do not allow daily visiting of children.
asked the Minister of Health whether he has yet advised hospital authorities to substitute earphones for wireless loudspeakers in public wards.
asked the Minister of Health whether he will now state what further hospital building he has approved.
asked the Minister of Health what progress has been made with regard to the building of the Cardiff Training Hospital.
asked the Minister of Health what increased provision he has made during 1955 for providing treatment for spastic children.
asked the Minister of Health in how many cases in England and Wales during 1952 and 1953 it has been necessary to summon police assistance for the purpose of removing persons as involuntary...
asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware of the immdiate need for an adequate chest clinic in Coventry where the attendances have rlsen from 11,184 in 1949 to 19,351 last year; and if he...
asked the Minister of Health what progress has been made with the development of voluntary effort in National Health Service hospitals.
asked the Minister of Health to what extent it is the policy of his Department to leave it to local discretion as to whether the provision of an adequate supply of nurses is best produced by...
asked the Minister of Health (1) if he will give a list of the circulars issued by his Department requiring periodical returns of information from hospital management committees; (2) what steps...
asked the Minister of Health the number of hospital beds needed for the treatment of road accident cases; and what is the estimated cost of such treatment to the Health Service.
asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware of the great load being carried by the casualty department of Dudley Road Hospital, Birmingham, which is quite inadequate for its requirements;...
asked the Minister of Health whether he has now instructed the Storthes Hall Hospital Management Committee to sell the farm attached to the hospital.
asked the Minister of Health in which maternity hospitals in Worcestershire and Birmingham mothers, living in Redditch, were confined during the first six months of 1955; and how many were...
asked the Minister of Health if he will consider appointing a committee to investigate the circumstance where an employee of a hospital bas been dismissed because of racial discrimination at the...
asked the Minister of Health whether he will publish a White Paper showing the effect on the national economy of the improved hospital services provided by the capital allocations to regional...
asked the Minister of Health (1) if he is aware that 13 mental defectives of the highest urgency have been waiting over five years for accommodation, six over four years, 12 over three years, 18...
asked the Minister of Health (1) how many outpatients attended the Selly Oak Hospital, Birmingham, during the past year; how many out-patient clinics are at present arranged weekly; and when he...
asked the Minister of Health whether he will take steps to increase immediately the number of invalid cars provided to over the present maximum of 2,000 and to provide that some shall be...
asked the Minister of Health what he estimates is the present shortage of dentists.
asked the Minister of Health when he intends to issue new regulations on food hygiene.
asked the Minister of Health how many cases of diphtheria were notified in England and Wales in 1953; and, of these, how many were in Staffordshire.
asked the Minister of Health how many cases of lead poisoning have been notified in each of the past five years.
asked the Minister of Health if he has now received the report of the Guillebaud Committee; and when he expects to publish it.
asked the Minister of Health whether he will consider extending to patients of private doctors the power to obtain medicines and drugs at the same charge as under the National Health Service; and...
asked the Minister of Health what steps have been taken to make contact with the health authorities of Eire to assist in the prevention of tuberculosis in immigrants from that country.
asked the Minister of Health what increase there has been in the demand for welfare foods since he last reviewed the situation; and what is the present position as compared with the demand when...
asked the Minister of Health whether he will make a statement on Government policy regarding capital and other expenditure on the National Health Service.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what action the British delegation at the United Nations has taken regarding the motion tabled by the Greek Government on the subject of Cyprus.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs why the United Kingdom delegate to the United Nations General Assembly opposed the admission of the Chinese People's Republic.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will make a further statement on the recent conference on Cyprus and other Mediterranean matters.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what further action he proposes to take to reduce tension between Egypt and Israel.
Bill to amend the law regarding valuation and rating in Scotland; to amend the provisions of the Local Government (Financial Provisions) (Scotland) Act, 1954, with respect to the payment of...
REPORT [26th October]
Resolution reported,
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 of trades comprising...
Bill to increase certain taxes and otherwise to amend the law relating to the Public Revenue, presented accordingly and read the First time; to be read a Second time upon Thursday, and to be...
3.46 p.m.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Colonel J. H. Harrison.]
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