Wednesday, 6 June 1956
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
I beg to present a humble Petition signed by 100 citizens of South Wales and Monmouthshire. This Petition shows that they have been requested by 105,775 of their fellow citizens over 18 years of...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation what steps are being taken to make safer the stretch of Watling Street from entering Grendon to beyond Dordon in the County of Warwick.
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation what action he is taking on the resolution of the Reigate Corporation drawing his attention to the difficulties experienced by pedestrians and...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation if he is aware of the anxiety created among many residents of Ickenham by the proposal to route the D ring road through that district; the...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation the number of days during each of the past three years on which poor visibility has prevented aeroplanes landing at or taking off from London...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation when the new regulations for the traffic airways will be put into effect; and what interim action has been taken to minimise the risk of collision.
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation whether he will introduce legislation amending Section 2 (4) and Part III of the Transport Charges, etc. (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1954,...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation what representations he has received from river boards alleging neglect of their responsibilities by the British Transport Commission in regard...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation what experiments have been made by his Department in the use of helicopters for the direction of road traffic in and out of our large cities...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation if he will now introduce legislation to make lighting-up time in the summer months half-an-hour after sunset.
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation what further proposals he has for the improvement of rural transport.
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation how many fewer vehicles representing 36,000 tons unladen weight than the 7,750 originally proposed, it is now proposed should be retained by the...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation if he will, in addition to making it an offence to eject oil and oily water into the sea within certain distances from the coast, an offence...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation if he is aware of the low level of trade at present passing through Cardiff docks as compared with other ports; and what action he is taking to...
Mr. Yates: asked the Minister of Defence if he has considered the recent announcement of the Soviet Government of their intention to reduce their armed forces by 1,200,000; and, if, in view of...
asked the Minister of Defence to state the policy of Her Majesty's Government about the export of arms to Western Germany.
asked the Minister of Defence if he will obtain from the United Kingdom North Atlantic Treaty Organisation representative a statement of the length of compulsory national service in each of the...
(As at May, 1956)
asked the Minister of Defence whether he will cause the Service Departments to examine their arrangements for trooping Service families to see whether the air trooping can be concentrated into...
asked the Minister of Defence if he is aware that Britain spends 9 per cent. of the national product on defence compared with an average of 5 per cent. spent by other West European countries in...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, in view of the access to the files of the Special Operations Executive granted to the author of a book, details of which have been sent to him,...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, in view of the fact that the verbatim reports of previous sittings of the United Nations Disarmament Sub-Committee have been published...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he can now make a statement on the recent discussions of the Security Council on the Secretary-General's Report on the Middle East.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will instruct his representative at the United Nations to support the proposal of the French Government for the establishment of a...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what further representations have been made to Spain in respect of that country's unfriendly attitude to Gibraltar; and what indication of...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, before returning to the Bonn Government the original captured German archives relating to the outbreak of the last war, he will arrange...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what representations he has received from the Japanese Government with reference to the fall of atomic rain following the recent British atomic...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT a list of those goods, the export of which from this country is at present prohibited on strategic...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what official representations he has received from the United States Secretary of State concerning a solution through the North Atlantic Treaty...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will ascertain from the United Kingdom North Atlantic Treaty Organisation representative the financial contributions being made to the North...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs why women serving in the Foreign Service are dismissed on the occasion of marriage; and if he will bring the practice of his Department into line...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what British decorations to Greek citizens have been handed back to Her Majesty's representative in Athens; and what reasons were given to Her...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what request he has received from the Government of the People's Republic of China for the establishment of relations with the Government of Hong...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will now publish the text of telegrams passing between the United Kingdom Government and the Government of Greece on the subject of Cyprus...
Ordered,
[14TH ALLOTTED DAY]
3.35 p.m.
Resolution reported, That, for the purposes of any Act of the present Session to make new provision in respect of copyright and related matters in substitution for the provisions of the Copyright...
10.0 p.m.
Motion made and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn. [Mr. Godber.]
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