Monday, 19 December 1955
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Read the Third time and passed, without Amendment.
Read a Second time and committed.
asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that the additional bed capacity together with the additional staff complement resulting from the completion of Item 4 in the rebuilding at Stoney...
asked the Minister of Health how many wards of the Frenchay Hospital, Bristol, are closed due to the shortage of nursing staff.
asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware of the serious inconvenience that will result if, as proposed by the regional hospital board, the Maternity Wing at the Royal Northern Hospital is...
asked the Minister of Health if he has yet approved the temporary extension of the casualty department at Selly Oak Hospital, Birmingham; in what way this extension will relieve the outpatient...
asked the Minister of Health if he will enumerate the persons or official bodies to whom an involuntary patient in a mental hospital is allowed to address unopened and unsupervised correspondence.
asked the Minister of Health whether he will take further steps to obtain possession of County School, North Elmham, Norfolk, for the accommodation of mental deficiency cases, in view of the need...
asked the Minister of Health if he is aware of the wastage of qualified staff at St. George's Hospital, Morpeth, and St. Mary's Hospital at Stanningate; and what steps are being taken to...
asked the Minister of Health (1) to what extent it is his policy to allow the use by hospital management committees of amenity funds for the carrying out of capital projects; (2) if he is aware...
asked the Minister of Health what action he is taking to ensure the protection of hospital staffs against radiation hazards.
asked the Minister of Health what financial provision he will make for 1956–57 to enable the Newcastle Regional Hospital Board to meet arrears of repairs and maintenance and to enable it to...
asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that doctors' lists in the London area of the National Health Service now contain 8,487 more names than the total population of the area; what the...
asked the Minister of Health, as representing the Lord President of the Council, whether his attention has been drawn to the fact that many strains of staphylococcal germs are resistant to...
asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that the death rate from chronic bronchitis in adult males varies greatly in different localities, and in the same locality in those engaged in...
asked the Minister of Health to what extent local health authorities have provided accommodation for general practitioners in premises in which their clinics are held so that the advantages of...
asked the Minister of Health whether he will make a statement on the development of health centres, in view of the valuable experience Gained at Harlow and elsewhere.
asked the Minister of Health his estimate of the quantity of heroin that has been stocked by hospitals since it became known that the further manufacture of the drug was likely to be banned.
asked the Minister of Health when he intends to introduce a chiropody service for old-age pensioners.
asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that the refund of payment for prescriptions is in practice limited to persons on National Assistance that this is causing complaint; and whether...
asked the Minister of Health how many research workers are employed at the Uffculme Psychiatric Research Unit; how the unit is financed; and the estimated annual cost.
Mrs. Butler: asked the Minister of Health what action he proposes to take to facilitate the distribution of cod liver oil and orange juice so that these welfare foods may be readily available to...
asked the Minister of Health what progress is being made with the suction socket limb; how many amputees have tried it out; and how many are now in regular use by war-pensioners and civilian amputees.
Mr. C. I. Orr-Ewing: asked the Minister of Health whether he will appoint a committee to inquire into the well-being of old people in homes administered by the local and county authorities; and...
asked the Minister of Health in what areas there is now a shortage of medical practitioners, district nurses and maternity nurses, respectively; and approximately how many serving in each of...
asked the Minister of Health, in view of the recent £25 per annum rise in pay to nurses and the probable increase in charge for furnished accommodation from £52 to £90 per annum,...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what decisions have been made in respect of the visit of Her Majesty's ships to Spanish ports.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs how many British nationals are detained by the Hungarian Government; and in what circumstances.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what action has been taken on the proposal of Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom that a group of scientists representing each of the...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs how the British delegation voted on the 10 Resolutions adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on the subject of the administration of...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether his attention has been drawn to the recent official pronouncement of Mr. Khrushchev concerning the position of Kashmir; and, as this...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what further consultations he has had with the other parties to the Tripartite Declaration of May, 1950, concerning the supply of arms to Egypt...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to what extent the German Federal Republic is fulfilling her agreement concerning the repayment to the United Kingdom of the amounts in respect of...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will make arrangements with the Greek Government for the immigration of Cypriots who express their desire to be under Greek rule.
(by Private Notice) asked the Prime Minister whether he will instruct Ministers that conversations between officers of their Department or Service and Members of the House are not to be made...
Frederic Mackarness Bennett, esquire, for Torquay.
I have to bring to your notice, Mr. Speaker, what are, in my respectful submission two prima facie cases of breach of Privilege. I have already brought one to your notice. I regret that time has...
Proceedings on the Criminal Justice Administration Bill [Lords] and of the Committee on Criminal Justice Administration [Money] exempted, at this day's Sitting, from the provisions of Standing...
3.42 p.m.
Order for Second Reading read.
Considered in Committee under Standing Order No. 84 (Money Committees).—
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.— [Mr. R. Thompson.]
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