Monday, 19 March 1956
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
As amended, considered; to be read the Third time.
Read a Second time and committed.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will make a statement on the recent meeting at Karachi of the Council of Ministers of the South-East Asia Treaty Organisation.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what steps Her Majesty's Government propose to take to ensure joint elections in North and South Vietnam in accordance with the decision of the...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will offer the support of Her Majesty's Government to the official proposal of President Eisenhower that the United Nations take early...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will instruct the representative of Her Majesty's Government on the United Nations Disarmament Sub-Committee to propose that its...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will indicate the British Centres in Germany which it is proposed shall be closed down.
Mr. Philips Price: asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what steps he took during his recent visit to Ankara to discuss the possibilities of Turkey becoming associated with the...
Mr. Philips Price: asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what steps he took during his recent visit to Iraq to discuss methods of strengthening the Bagdad Pact, both militarily and...
Dr. Bennett: asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether in view of the damaging effects of the apparent rivalry between British and United States oil interests in the Persian...
Mr. Philips Price: asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what advice he has tendered to the Sheikh of Bahrein through the British Resident there about associating the people of the...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will make a statement on the present position of British officers in the Arab Legion.
asked the Attorney-General whether, in order to safeguard the interests of minors and others, he will take steps to alter the High Court rules so that, in future, compensation and other payments...
asked the Attorney-General when the Report of the Royal Commission on Marriage and Divorce will be published.
asked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance what rate of pension will be payable under the proposed scheme to women aged over 50 years, widowed after 27th February, 1956, who have been...
asked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance the difference between the purchasing power of the retirement pension of today and that of October, 1951.
asked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance the difference between the purchasing power of the present basic 100 per cent. disability war pension and that of October, 1951.
asked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance if he will amend the earnings rule so as to allow pensioners to earn £104 per annum without deduction as an alternative to £2 per week.
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power the present state of experiments in the underground gasification of coal; and whether these experiments have yet reached the stage of pilot plant development.
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power if he is now in a position to make a statement, in the light of the views expressed to him by a national deputation on 19th January, on the recommendations of...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power what quantity of concessionary coal is allowed to clerks and shorthand typists employed by the National Coal Board.
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power if he will amend the terms of reference of the Committee of Inquiry into the Costs of Coal Distribution, so as to give the Committee power to investigate and...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power if he will make a detailed statement on what part of the investment programmes of the coal, gas, and electricity industries are to be reduced, following the...
asked the Minister of Supply the expense entailed in holding the recent public auction sale of Government surplus goods at Melton Mowbray; the quantity of paint sold; how much it realised; and...
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what quantity of orange juice has been disposed of by his Department because of deterioration since 1st January, 1954; to whom it was sold;...
asked the Minister of Health if he will make a statement concerning the death of three patients, and the outbreak of food poisoning which recently occurred at Hatton Mental Hospital.
asked the Minister of Health if he is aware that there is need for increased accommodation for the elderly chronic sick at St. Luke's Hospital, Rugby; and what steps he is taking to remedy this...
asked the Minister of Health if he is aware that some of the cooking demonstrations on television programmes of the British Broadcasting Corporation, particulars of which have been sent to him,...
asked the Secretary of State for War how far the letter he has sent to all Army units about "spit and polish practices which should be forbidden is of that type of Army letter which is to be...
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government if he is aware of the concern which has arisen as a consequence of his ruling that the members of the Dartford Rural District Council who are...
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government to which local authorities he has refused loan sanction for private street works in the last six months.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in respect of the costing inquiry at present being carried out into the inshore fishing industry, by whom the inquiry is being carried out in...
asked the Minister of Defence if he will make a statement on the negotiations with the West German Government about payment for British troops stationed in Germany.
With your permission, Mr. Speaker, and that of the House, I would like to make a statement about British Transport Commission charges. Last year the railway strike and increased costs and wages...
Mr. Speaker, may I raise with you a point of order of which I have given you notice? Last Thursday, in a supplementary question about the Imperial Institute, I referred to a remark made by a...
Ordered,That this day Business other than the Business of Supply may be taken before Ten o'clock.—[Mr. R. A. Butler.]
[9TH ALLOTTED DAY]
1. That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £350,000, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March,...
2. That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £10, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1956, by...
3. That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £190,000, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March,...
4. That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £30,100, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March,...
5. That a sum, not exceeding £100,380,000, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the expense of the pay, etc., of the Army, which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the...
6. That a sum, not exceeding £16,370,000, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the expense of the Reserve Forces (to a number not exceeding 400,000, all ranks, including a number not...
7. That a sum, not exceeding £33,250,000, he granted to Her Majesty, to defray the expense of movements, which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March,...
8. That a sum, not exceeding £55,030,000, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the expense of supplies, etc., which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of...
9. That a sum, not exceeding £37,630,000, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the expense of works, buildings and lands, which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the...
10. That a sum, not exceeding £21,860,000, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the expense of non-effective services, which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st...
11. That a sum, not exceeding £100, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the expense of certain additional married quarters, which will come in course of payment during the year ending on...
12. That a sum, not exceeding £100,160,000, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the expense of the pay, &c., of the Air Force, which will come in course of payment during the year...
13. That a sum, not exceeding £3,089,900, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the expense of the reserve and auxiliary services (to a number not exceeding 235,000, all ranks, for the Royal...
14. That a sum, not exceeding £183,500,000, be granted to Her Majesty. to defray the expense of aircraft and stores, which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st...
15. That a sum, not exceeding £49,000,000, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the expense of works and lands, which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of...
16. That a sum, not exceeding £5,940,000, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the expense of miscellaneous effective services, including grants in aid to the Royal Society and a...
17. That a sum, not exceeding £100, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the expense of certain additional married quarters, which will come in course of payment during the year ending on...
18. 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, which will come in course of payment...
19. That a sum, not exceeding £13,897,000, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the expense of victualling and clothing for the Navy, including the cost of victualling establishments at home...
20. That a sum, not exceeding £16,884,000, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the expense of scientific services, including a grant in aid to the National Institute of Oceanography, and a...
21. That a sum, not exceeding £17,950,000, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the expense of Works, Buildings and Repairs at Home and Abroad, including the cost of superintendence,...
22. That a sum, not exceeding £30,569,000, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March. 1957, for...
23. That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £58,542,438, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March,...
24. That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £10, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1956,...
25. That a sum, not exceeding £20, be granted to Her Majesty, to make good excesses on certain grants for Civil Services for the year ended on the 31st day of March. 1955.
3.48 p.m.
7.30 p.m.
Two or three points on this Resolution could, with profit, be brought to the attention of the House. The first arises from the fact that the Under-Secretary of State for War was cut short in his...
That a number of Land Forces, not exceeding 485,000, all ranks, be maintained safety of the United Kingdom and the of the possessions of Her Majesty's during the year ending on the 31st March, 1957.
That a number of officers, airmen and airwomen, not exceeding 257,000, all ranks, be maintained for Air Force Service, during the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1957.
That 128,000 Officers, Seamen and Boys and Royal Marines, who are borne on the books of Her Majesty's Ships and at the Royal Marine establishments, and members of the Women's Royal Naval Service...
That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £4,698,000, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March,...
That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £523,000, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1956,...
Resolutions reported, That towards making good the Supply granted to Her Majesty for the service of the year ended on the 31st March, 1955, the sum of £20 be granted out of the Consolidated...
Bill to apply a sum out of the Consolidated Fund to the service of the year ending on the thirty-first day of March, one thousand nine hundred and fifty-five, one thousand nine hundred and...
Order for Second Reading read.
Resolution reported, That, for the purposes of any Act of the present Session to amend the memorandum of association of the Agricultural Mortgage Corporation Limited, it is expedient to...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Oakshott.]
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