Monday, 30 January 1956
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Lords Amendments considered and agreed to.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will take steps to make it easier for British subjects who were born in countries such as India and Burma, when they were under the United...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will make a statement about the policy of Her Majesty's Government in the Middle East following his recent consultations.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is satisfied that present resources and machinery for presenting British views to public opinion in Jordan and other Arab countries,...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what machinery has been established by the Governments of the United States of America, the United Kingdom and France to co-ordinate the supply of...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will publish the text of the Convention on Establishment, signed by the United Kingdom and other member countries of the Council of Europe...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs the total cost, including payments made in salaries, wages and allowances to British as well as foreign persons, in 1954 and in 1955, of Her...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will approach the Israeli Government about the possibility of allowing us facilities for a military base at Haifa.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he is aware that a British subject has to apply for a visa for each visit to Siam; that an American subject is not required to have a visa to...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (1) on what date he received representations from the Government of Iraq about the presence in this country of I. S. Nuri, N. A. R. Hussain, and...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will make a statement regarding his negotiations with the Chinese Communist Government regarding the plight of British pensioners of...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he is aware that certain member States of the United Nations are interpreting the General Assembly's Resolution of 18th May, 1951, as...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will make a statement on the negotiations concerning the Icelandic fishing dispute.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to what extent Her Majesty's Government's programme of increasing activity in the Falkland Islands Dependencies is having the effect of restoring...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what positive action he proposes to take to prevent the spreading of false and seditious anti-British propaganda by Athens Radio.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what progress he has made towards securing financial compensation from the Government of Mexico in respect of the death of Mr. John Kealty, a...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what instructions he gave to Sir Gerald Templer in connection with his recent official visit to Jordan.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what claim for compensation has been sent to the Jordan Government in respect of damage to British life and property during the recent riots there.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to make a statement on the death of a British officer serving with the Arab Legion during the recent riots in Jordan.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will approach the United States Government, with a view to making reciprocal arrangements to facilitate legal action against United States...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, in view of the terms of the communiqué of the North Atlantic Ministerial Council dated 16th December, he will make a statement as to...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the Commission appointed by the United Nations in December, 1950, to secure the repatriation of prisoners of war is still in being; and...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what action he intends to take to prevent the frequent and deliberate obstruction of the work of the International Commission for Supervision and...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, pending the discovery of means of controlling nuclear weapons, he will give an assurance that it remains the policy of Her Majesty's...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will give an assurance that Her Majesty's Government are still prepared to carry out the terms of the Cairo Declaration of 1st...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what official proposals have been made by the Turkish Government to increase the Turkish civilian population of Cyprus; and what was the reply of...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, in view of the long lapse of time since the Courts of Justice in the Argentine took up the question of compensation for British holders...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will make a statement on the evidence of attempted bribery by Saudi Arabia of the people in the Buraimi area.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether Her Majesty's Government have yet given sympathetic examination, as recommended in the Drogheda Report, to the proposal to give financial...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs how much listening time in British Broadcasting Corporation overseas broadcasts to Communist and to other foreign countries is devoted to...
asked the Attorney-General if, arising out of the recent decision of the House of Lords in the case of the British Transport Commission v. Gourley, and the difficulties which will occur if in...
3.40 p.m.
9.59 p.m.
Debates in the House of Commons are an opportunity for MPs from all parties to scrutinise government legislation and raise important local, national or topical issues.
And sometimes to shout at each other.
