Wednesday, 7 March 1956
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
I beg to move, That the several Amendments to Standing Orders relating to Private Business hereinafter stated in the Schedule be made.
Standing Order 220, line 3, leave out "(Finance Consolidation)" and insert "(Loans)".
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty how many candidates were successful in the third competition for Royal naval scholarships; and how many came from county secondary schools,...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty if he will make a statement about the future use of the Royal Marine Barracks, Chatham.
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty on what date discussions commenced in respect of the proposal to allocate oil bunkerage space from Government installations in Gibraltar for...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty what is the nature of the markings upon the buttons, to be worn by officers on the special duties list promoted from the lower deck, which will...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty if he will state what are the average earnings in Her Majesty's dockyards of mechanics, skilled labourers, and labourers, respectively; and...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty in what respect the functions of Her Majesty's Royal Marines have been changed since their definition by the Admiralty in 1950.
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty if he will state the annual cost of maintaining the four King George V class battleships and H.M.S. "Vanguard" in reserve; and the estimated...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty if he is aware of the difficulties of providing structural steel of the requisite notch toughness for welded ship construction; that the...
asked the Postmaster-General to state the volume of the Christmas mail this year; and how it compares with the volume in 1950.
asked the Postmaster-General if he will state the standard hours of work of postmen and the average hours of overtime, giving the figures for London and the provinces separately.
asked the Postmaster-General the amount of accommodation vacated by the London Telecommunications Department consequent upon the transfer of the Telephone Manager's Department, N.W., to Shoot Up...
asked the Postmaster-General (1) if he will give an estimate of the cost of establishing a sub-post office at Ditton, Kent; (2) what factors are taken into account in deciding whether a village...
asked the Postmaster-General what steps he is taking to offer more opportunities of extended employment to postal workers after the retirement age of 60; and, in particular, what are the nature...
asked the Postmaster-General the number of telephone exchanges which are at present full and cannot be extended; and the number of new telephone exchanges to be built during 1956.
asked the Postmaster-General whether his intention has been called to the unfair incidence of the recent increases in the quarterly telephone rentals on private residences, in that they amount to...
asked the Postmaster-General if he will take steps to discontinue charges made in respect of necessary inquiries to telephone exchanges.
asked the Postmaster-General why he has refused to erect a telephone kiosk in the Church Kirk district of Church, Lancashire; and whether he will now reconsider this request.
asked the Postmaster-General if he will withdraw the licence from the Independent Television Authority in view of repeated and calculated breaches of the Act in presentation of news and films.
asked the Postmaster-General what account he requires from the Independent Television Authority of moneys advanced to them under Section 11 of the 1954 Act; and to what extent he requires their...
asked the Postmaster-General what consultations were held with the Independent Television Authority under Section 4 (5) of the 1954 Act in regard to the proposed method of advertising, whereby...
Mr. Watkins: asked the Postmaster-General, in view of the failure to have a meeting with the East German representatives, what further steps he is asking the British Broadcasting Corporation to...
asked the Secretary of State for Air what recent representations he has made to United States Air Force authorities for them speedily to make adequate provision for married American military...
asked the Secretary of State for Air the number of the contract under which York aircraft MW 232, MW 137 and MW 178 were refurbished.
asked the Secretary of State for Air the total number of civilians at present employed by his Department in Northern Ireland.
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation if he will take steps to increase the pensions of railway superannuitants and pensioners on a scale equivalent to the increases announced for...
asked the Prime Minister when it is proposed to introduce legislation to permit the imposition of countervailing and antidumping duties on imported goods.
asked the Lord Privy Seal if his attention has been drawn to the salaries being offered by the Atomic Energy Authority for secretarial appointments at Risley, Lancashire; if he is aware that...
asked the Lord Privy Seal the cost of the arrangements made by the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment, Aldermaston, for the reception and visit by the Prime Minister to that establishment last...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation if he will now say when he expects to receive the report of the committee inquiring into delays at the docks.
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation what steps he proposes to take to relieve traffic congestion at peak hours by instituting the staggering of working hours.
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation whether, now that the Transport Commission has considered the recommendations of the Transport Users' Consultative Committee, he will make a...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation if he will introduce legislation to raise to fifteen years the maximum age at which children are permitted to travel at half-price.
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation in what circumstances arrangements are made for special driving tests at times and dates to suit the convenience of the learner-driver.
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation what plans have been submitted to him to prevent congestion and to improve both vehicular and pedestrian traffic over Otley bridge.
I beg to give notice that on Friday, 23rd March, I shall call attention to the need for the construction of a channel tunnel connecting Great Britain with Northern Ireland, and move a Resolution.
I beg to give notice that on Friday, 23rd March, I shall call attention to the need to keep under continuing review the machinery of Government, and move a Resolution.
I beg to give notice that on Friday, 23rd March, I shall call attention to the need for an expanded road programme, and move a Resolution.
Bill to make provision as to the operation of the law in relation to Pakistan and persons and things in any way belonging to or connected with Pakistan, in view of Pakistan's becoming a Republic...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Heath.]
3.32 p.m.
10.9 p.m.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Godber.]
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