Monday, 26 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.
asked the Attorney-General if he will introduce legislation providing that a marriage ceremony performed in Scotland between two persons below the age of consent shall be invalid in English law...
asked the Attorney-General whether he will introduce legislation to give effect to any of the recommendations of the Royal Commission on Marriage and Divorce.
asked the Attorney-General the original price and the present value of investments held and made by the High Court in the interest of minors and others to whom it has awarded compensation.
asked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance how many doctors are in receipt of unemployment insurance benefit.
asked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance if he will give a direction to the Assistance Board to cease sending out forms asking the employers of men who have been on National...
asked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance how far the pension and allowances provided under the provisions of the National Insurance and Family Allowance Acts for a widow with four...
asked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance from what date, when the proposed scheme is introduced, the recommendations of the Advisory Council with regard to dependent children will...
asked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance if he will now make a statement on the insurance position of research students undertaking full-time study for higher degrees; and if he will...
asked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance whether he is aware that a woman, separated from her husband, receiving a nominal separation allowance and paying Income Tax and insurance...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power how many major rural electricity schemes will be commenced in Wales and in the County of Glamorgan, respectively, during the next twelve months.
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power if he is now able to make a statement on the Government's policy in relation to the Herbert Committee Report on the Electricity Supply Industry.
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power if he will give an assurance that the recent cuts made by the Government in the new generating programme of the Central Electricity Authority will not lead to...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power what progress has been made by his Department in research into the methods of shipping liquid gas from overseas oilfields into the United Kingdom.
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power what estimate he has made of the effect the recently announced reductions in the capital investment programme of the fuel and power industries will have on...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power if, in his forthcoming statement in regard to the recommendations of the Turner Committee Report on Coalmining Subsidence, he will include reference to the...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power the average retail price of domestic coal per ton, showing such items as pit-head price, the cost of transport, the cost of delivery and the distributor's...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power if he will take steps to ensure a fairer and more abundant distribution of grade II smokeless fuels for general household use.
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power the number of coal miners in 1938, and the number employed at the latest convenient date; and the amount of concessionary coal in 1938 and 1955.
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power when he expects the Committee appointed to inquire into the costs of coal distribution to report on its work.
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power, in consideration of the application made to him by the National Coal Board to increase the Board's borrowing powers, whether he will state the aggregate loss...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power how much coal has been imported during the first 12 weeks of 1956, and at what cost, compared with the corresponding period of 1955; whether exports of coal...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power by how much per ton Grade 2 house coal is to be raised in price, respectively, in Kidderminster, Plymouth and London, as a result of increased railway...
asked the Minister of Supply to what extent it is his policy to have a resident projects engineer with each aircraft manufacturing firm engaged on a primary contract; and if this policy has been...
asked the Minister of Supply why new Army clothing material is being supplied to factories as dusters when it could be used for a more useful purpose.
asked the Minister of Supply, in view of the fact that 12 large-scale sales of Government surplus stocks are to be held in various parts of the country, including Ruddington, during the next...
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food on what date he received the recommendations of the Inter-Departmental Committee on Slaughterhouses; and whether he has yet reached a...
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will give an estimate of the direct and administrative saving, respectively, to public funds of the total abolition of the bread and...
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what progress has been made in the research into husk in cattle; and what is the estimated annual loss to farmers as the result of this disease.
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food on what dates the offer of £41,000 for orange juice held by his Department and found to contain preservative was made and accepted.
asked the Minister of Health what action he has now decided to take, following the reports of his advisory committees, to inform the public about the dangers of lung cancer from smoking.
asked the Minister of Health whether he will arrange for the regular publication of statistics regarding the work of the National Health Service and its cost.
Dr. Johnson: asked the Minister of Health what steps he takes to make members of hospital management committees known to members of the general public.
asked the Minister of Health what steps he proposes to take to overcome the understaffing in mental hospitals and to reduce the overcrowding of patients.
asked the Minister of Health what representations have been received from regional hospital boards regarding extra payments for overtime for staffs in mental and mental deficiency hospitals.
asked the Minister of Health what provision is being made in the 1956–57 estimates for the provision of an adequate casualty and accident unit at the Newcastle General Hospital.
asked the Minister of Health if he will make and publish a survey of the number of patients, aged 65 years and over, now in mental hospitals who would, subject to decertification where necessary,...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs why, under his regulations, he requires the marriage certificate of the parents of an Australian-born applicant, domiciled in the United Kingdom,...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will make a statement on the conference of information officers from British embassies and legations in the Middle East, which was held in...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (1) what action it is proposed to take in the light of the refusal of the Governments of the Argentine and Chile to accept the jurisdiction of the...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, what arrangements have been made to publish the disarmament plans put forward by the Governments represented on the United Nations Disarmament...
Mr. A. Henderon: asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will make a statement on the new plan for dealing with any violation of the Israel-Arab frontiers.
May I ask the Lord Privy Seal if he has any statement to make to the House on business?
3.33 p.m.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Godber.]
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