Wednesday, 14 March 1956
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Bill to confirm a Provisional Order under the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act, 1936, relating to Greenock Burgh Extension &c., presented by Mr. J. Stuart; read the First time;...
asked the Postmaster-General what progress has been made towards the opening of the radio and television station proposed to serve Carlisle.
asked the Postmaster-General whether he will consider extending the wireless licence fee of £2 a year, payable by police and fire services, to county council ambulance services for each...
asked the Postmaster-General whether he is aware of the breach of the rules relating to the extent of advertisement in television programmes that occurred in the Midlands Independent Television...
asked the Postmaster-General what action he proposes to take following the infringement by the British Broadcasting Corporation of the directive addressed to them by him on 27th July, 1955, in...
asked the Postmaster-General what further information he has relating to the establishment of a V.H.F. station in the borders of Scotland; and if he will make a statement.
asked the Postmaster-General if, in view of the difficulties which have arisen, he will consider discontinuing the charge now made to telephone subscribers when they inquire from the operator the...
asked the Postmaster-General why overhead telephone lines were erected over the moors north-west of Penzance, an area scheduled in the county development plan as one of great landscape and...
asked the Postmaster-General how many new telephones were installed in Nottingham in 1953, 1954 and 1955, respectively; the average waiting time in each of these three years: and how many...
The following Question stood upon the Order Paper:
asked the Postmaster-General what immediate action he is taking to meet the representations of the Brierley Hill Urban District Council in respect of telephone facilities in the area served by...
asked the Postmaster-General, in view of the value of the new WEA telephone service, and its special interest to agriculture and horticulture, what plans he is making to extend the service to...
asked the Postmaster-General how many telephone exchanges in Wales are full and incapable of extension; and what number of new telephone exchanges are to be built in Wales during 1956.
asked the Postmaster-General how many applications for telephones are outstanding in each of the three counties of Roxburgh, Selkirk and Peebles; and how these figures compare with March, 1955.
asked the Postmaster-General how many people are still on the waiting list for telephones in the Grimsdyke and Wordsworth Exchange areas; and how many were on the list on 1st March, 1951.
asked the Postmaster-General by what number the Post Office staff now falls short of its full establishment; and what steps are being taken to recruit additional workers.
asked the Postmaster-General whether he will introduce numbered postal districts in Middlesbrough.
asked the Postmaster-General what action he has taken to stop the official Malta Government's lottery organisation from using the facilities of the British Post Office for the sale of tickets in...
asked the Postmaster-General whether the mail van robbery of May, 1952, is still being investigated.
asked the Postmaster-General whether he will give an assurance that, in future, wage advances to Post Office overseas telegraph operators will be similarly applied to ex-Cable and Wireless...
asked the Postmaster-General whether his attention has been drawn to the need for postage stamps of 3½d. and 4½d. to obviate the need to use more than one stamp for packages over four...
asked the Secretary of State for Air (1) how many houses have been built at Church Law-ford Station in the new married quarters and the total cost incurred; (2) why the Royal Air Force School...
asked the Secretary of State for Air how many members of the Royal Air Force are night bakers.
asked the Secretary of State for Air for what reason 800 blankets, recently offered for sale by auction by No. 16 Maintenance Unit, Stafford, were slashed down the middle and mutilated before...
asked the Secretary of State for Air, in view of the reference in the Memorandum to the Air Estimates to 1,500 houses to be built for the use of the men of the United States Air Force and their...
asked the Secretary of State for Air whether, in future, he will order weapons systems instead of aircraft.
asked the Secretary of State for Air what ratio of aircrew to aircraft is used when calculating the future requirements of aircrew.
asked the Secretary of State for Air to what extent the United States American Air Force Douglas B.26 aircraft which developed engine trouble and from which a crew member baled out on 1st March,...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation what plans exist for relieving traffic congestion at Storey's Gate, Westminster, during peak hours.
Mr. Brian Harrison: asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation whether he has completed the survey of the Witham by-pass; and when he will notify the owners of land affected that they...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation if, in view of the congestion and confusion which occurs in peak hours at the Hyde Park Corner and Marble Arch roundabout system, he will...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation if he will have a lay-by constructed in Hendon Way, near its junction with Great North Way, so that drivers approaching the roundabout from the...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation whether, in view of his intention to defer the authorisation in 1956–57 of some road schemes which it was previously intended to authorise...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation whether, in view of the need for a roundabout at the junction of Broad Street and Leckwith Road, Cardiff, he will give favourable consideration...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation what proportion of accidents on roads in built-up areas are attributable to inferior street lighting; and what representations he has received...
asked the Lord Privy Seal whether he is now in a position to make a statement regarding the relationship between the State and private industry in the field of atomic energy: if he will give...
asked the Lord Privy Seal how many established civil servants were offered contracts of employment by the Atomic Energy Authority; and how many have accepted and signed these contracts.
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation when the Deputy-Chairman of British Overseas Airways Corporation was confirmed in that position.
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation how far the proposed curtailment of Government capital expenditure will involve postponement of the work in connection with the development of...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation what steps have been taken, in view of the rapid development of the helicopter, to encourage local authorities to plan for the construction in...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation to what extent the difficulty of providing physical accommodation at London Airport prevents the provision of an area of free trans-shipment for...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation how many attempts have been made by helicopter to assist shipwrecked seamen; how many flights have been made; how many people have been saved by...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation whether he will exercise his powers under Section 4 (5) of the Transport Act, 1947, to consult the British Transport Commission on the question...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation what changes have been made by the British Transport Commission with his approval in the main line electrification proposals included in the...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation whether he has yet reached a decision in regard to unlighted railway locomotives and wagons left on the highway at night at Poole Harbour.
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation whether the Scottish Committee for Co-ordinating Public Transport in Scotland has yet met; whether he can define the scope and power of its...
Bill to validate the election to the Senate of Northern Ireland of Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Sacheverell Carleton Richardson and the election to the House of Commons of Northern Ireland of Doctor...
Ordered,That this day Business other than the Business of Supply may be taken before Ten o'clock.—[The Prime Minister.]
Considered in Committee.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a sum, not exceeding £63,688,000, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the expense of the pay, &c., of the Royal Navy and Royal Marines,...
3.33 p.m.
10.20 p.m.
10.26 p.m.
Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Studholme.]
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