Thursday, 29 March 1956
The House met at Eleven o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Read the Third time, and passed.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer to what extent it is the normal procedure for the Board of Inland Revenue, in the event of their taking criminal proceedings against an employee, to dismiss...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how far he is still pressing to obtain any part of the £461,911 owed by purchasers of Government surplus stock; and what precautions have been taken to...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer why the chairman of the British Petroleum Company was not invited to meet him last Thursday with the other heads of State-owned industries.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what further cuts he requested in capital expenditure when he met the heads of State-owned industries last Thursday.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will consider making a reduction in the entertainments tax chargeable on the admission fees to professional football games.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps he proposes to take, by promoting legislation or otherwise, to ensure the solvency and the sufficiency of capital resources of companies which...
asked the Secretary to the Treasury, in view of the analysis of the economic implication of full employment, as contained in Command Paper No. 9725, what proposals the Government have for dealing...
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what action he is taking to prevent excessive fishing in the southern bight of the North Sea which, according to the report published by his...
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how far the River Irwell flood prevention scheme will be affected by the recent circular 11/56 curtailing loan sanctions or grants for water...
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what revised estimate he has made of the quantity of potatoes from abroad that will be needed to supplement the home crop in order to meet...
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether on the Advisory Panel in connection with applications from Worcestershire for deferment from National Service, horticultural as well...
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will consult the interests concerned on the desirability of marking bacon in the shops to differentiate between home supplies, Empire...
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what discussions he had with the Government directors of the new cold store company before the decision was taken to put out of service...
asked the Minister of Labour (1) if he will hold a public inquiry into the fire on 25th February, 1956, at Messrs. Franklin, Lorne Street, Keighley, in which eight lives were lost; (2) on what...
asked the Minister of Labour to what extent production cuts in the motor car industry have, so far, increased short-time working and redundancy in sections of the textile industry.
asked the Minister of Labour if he will make a statement concerning the dispute which was reported to him, and which has lasted for 11 weeks, between the Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers and...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that on 9th February 368,416 vacancies were left unfilled, whereas on 13th February there were 275,628 people unemployed; and what steps are being...
asked the Minister of Labour if he can now make a statement on the trade dispute between the Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers, the Ship Constructors and Shipwrights Association, and the...
asked the Minister of Labour if he has now considered the figures relating to discharges and short-time work in the furniture industry, supplied to him by the hon. Member for Shoreditch and...
asked the Minister of Labour if, with regard to the case for deferment from National Service of the applicant from the Vale of Eve-sham, which has been the subject of representations to him, he...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what restrictions there are to prevent a retired hangman from publicly revealing details of executions in which he has taken part; and what...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department under what regulations and by what authority, between 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. on Wednesday, 14th March, within normally permitted entry hours, a...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will now give the facts about the execution of Edith Thompson in 1923, and publish the full text of the instructions subsequently...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department to what extent the number of prosecutions for soliciting heard at Bow Street and Marlborough Street magistrates' courts has fallen in recent...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many lavatories there are on each landing in the average closed local prison; and how many prisoners each lavatory serves, including those...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prison officers are at present living inside Her Majesty's prisons; and how many are in Strangeways Prison, Manchester.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners in Her Majesty's prisons are at present engaged on making mailbags; and how many are so employed in Manchester, Winson...
With your permission, Mr. Speaker, and that of the House, I wish to make a personal statement. At Question Time yesterday I asked about the repatriation to Hong Kong of the Chinese Nationalist...
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