Thursday, 1 November 1956
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
asked the Minister of Education how many new primary and secondary schools have been started in the current building year; and how many, and what proportion, of these schools were included in the...
asked the Minister of Education what plans he is making for the training of radiographers for industry under his programme for technical education.
asked the Minister of Education to what extent the eight advanced colleges of technology have been able to secure adequate teaching staff to cope with students who have registered for the new...
asked the Minister of Education (1) if he will give an assurance that the needs of the children of overspill families in respect of scholarships to grammar and technical schools are adequately...
asked the Minister of Education whether the West Riding of Yorkshire local education authority has accepted his recommendation that students gaining two advanced passes in the General...
asked the Minister of Education what steps he is taking to make certain that his inspectors of schools who supervise the meals service make sure that balanced meals containing a sufficiency of...
asked the Minister of Education when he last urged local authorities not to require unreasonably expensive school uniforms.
asked the Under-Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations what conclusions have been reached in the discussions with the Prime Minister of the Central African Federation regarding the future...
asked the Under-Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations what schemes there are for the economic development of Bechuanaland.
asked the President of the Board of Trade what progress has been made in the negotiations for a British-Czechoslovak trade agreement.
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will now refer to the Monopolies Commission the subject of exclusive dealing in the distribution of petrol and garage accessories.
asked the President of the Board of Trade the volume of cotton imports into the United Kingdom from India and Hong Kong for each of the years 1950 to 1955 and for the first six months of 1956;...
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will call together British motor car manufacturers to discuss what improvements can be made in their after-sales servicing in foreign countries.
asked the President of the Board of Trade to what extent shortage of shipping space is slowing down British exports.
asked the President of the Board of Trade how many cinemas have closed in Great Britain this year, at the latest convenient date.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what approach has been made for permission to dispose of the Trinidad Petroleum Development Corporation to United States interests; and what decision has...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will give further consideration to the introduction of a decimal currency system in this country as a necessary prerequisite to Great Britain's...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer in how many cases notice has been given to valuation officers of appeals against the new rating assessments up to the latest convenient date.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer which Government Departments have not yet made the appropriate payments under the Pensions (Increase) Act, 1956; and the dates on which the appropriate...
The following Questions stood upon the Order Paper:
The following Questions stood upon the Order Paper:
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will now make arrangements to keep open the recommissioned mills in view of the considerable assistance they afforded farmers during...
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what revised estimate he has made of the total meat supplies for 1956 and 1957; to what extent the extra beef is coming from home sources and...
asked the Minister of Labour how many cases of affections of the skin or lungs have been reported by his factory inspectors among persons working with araldite; and what precautions are being...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will appoint a committee, representative of both sides of industry, to inquire into the possibility of providing increased and more...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what progress is being made in the provision of remand centres as provided for by the Criminal Justice Act, 1948.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will cause an inquiry to be made into the differing penalties imposed by various benches of magistrates in road traffic offences.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will introduce legislation to enable magistrates' courts to try cases of minor house breaking.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether, in view of the recent performance of unlicensed plays in certain theatres, he will now abolish or modify the present system of...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department for what reason Mr. J. P. Harrigan, 13, Rosemary House, Shoreditch, N.1, was compelled by the Metropolitan Police to take part in an...
asked the Prime Minister if he will initiate with Premier Bulganin discussions aimed at restating in terms acceptable today and capable of being implemented in present-day conditions the...
With permission, Sir, I will make a statement about housing subsidies in England and Wales. In October of last year, I informed the House that the Government had come to the conclusion that the...
With permission, Sir, I will make a statement about the military situation in Egypt, based on the most recent information available to me. Last night bombing attacks were made by British...
4.41 p.m.
Motion made, and Question proposed. That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. R. Thompson.]
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