Tuesday, 13 November 1956
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
asked the Minister of Labour what facilities exist for recording statistics concerning short-time workers and women workers not registering at employment exchanges; and whether he will consider...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that the Liverpool National Dock Labour Board has a quota of only 2·7 per cent. disabled persons in its employment, and that this contravenes...
Mr. Lee: asked the Minister of Labour whether he is yet able to make a statement as to the effects upon employment levels of the interruption of our oil supplies, and the restrictions now imposed.
Mr. Lee: asked the Minister of Labour whether he will make an estimate of the number of foreign workers accepted into British industry since the end of the war.
asked the Minister of Labour what percentage of Scottish boys leaving school at 15 years and 16 years, respectively, at the last school-leaving period entered into apprenticeships, or...
asked the Minister of Labour the number of unemployed men, women, boys and girls in Lanarkshire as at the latest date; and what percentage of the Scottish total it represents.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he has studied the evidence, sent to him by the right hon. Member for Clackmannan and East Stirlingshire, that calves a few days old are kept...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will provide an additional temporary footbridge during the reconstruction of the Bridge of Don.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) if he is aware of the inadequate accommodation and equipment of the radiotherapy unit in the Western Infirmary, Glasgow; and when the new unit will...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland the acreage of peat bog in Scotland.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many local authorities in Fife have protested against the proposed reduction in housing subsidies.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland the number of additional staff within his responsibility following the transfer of functions to the Scottish Office in the last two years.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what instructions he has sent to education authorities with regard to economising in petrol and oil; and if he will give details.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what preparations have been made for the treatment of persons who after MMR examination in the anti-tuberculosis campaign are discovered to be suffering...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he is aware of the growing concern among chest physicians in Scotland about the increasing tendency to have patients suffering from tuberculosis...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make a full statement on the Department of Health anti-tuberculosis campaign for 1957.
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will make a statement about the Anglo-Australia trade talks.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much foreign currency is earned and spent by payment of royalties on patents.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer when currency will be made available for travel to Canada on a scale at least equal to that for travel to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is aware that economical arrangements agreed between certain companies and their employees to pay wages by cheque, although working satisfactorily...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he expects to make a statement detailing the further economies he proposes in order to cut down Government expenditure by £100 million.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer to state for the latest convenient stated date the number of Members of Parliament who were not accepting their Parliamentary salaries; and what was the...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is aware of the discontent among temporary civil servants at the delay in implementing the recommendations of the Royal Commission that the...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in view of the fact that President Nasser values the British arms dump in the Suez Canal area, which he has seized, at £300 million, although it has...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will issue a White Paper dealing with the economic consequences of the Middle East crisis.
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government when an engineering inspector of his Department will visit Newcastle-under-Lyme for the purpose of inspecting the three private streets in...
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government what steps he is taking on the Report of the Committee which he appointed to examine and report on the effects of the increasing use of...
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government under what authority a local authority is enabled to carry out weatherproofing of party walls after demolition of adjacent buildings.
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government if he will announce his proposals regarding the assistance to be given to local authorities in the purchase of requisitioned houses.
asked the Minister of Housing Local Government his estimate of the approximate number of houses repaired up to a recent date under the Housing Repairs and Rents Act, 1954.
asked the Prime Minister whether he will immediately call a conference of Commonwealth Prime Ministers to discuss the Egyptian situation and arrange for a meeting to follow with the President of...
asked the Prime Minister what liaison machinery he has established between the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance and the Ministry of Labour and National Service...
asked the Prime Minister if he will make a statement on the relinquishment of appointment of his adviser on public relations.
asked the Prime Minister whether he will move to appoint a Select Committee to report on the events leading up to the recent operations in the Eastern Mediterranean.
asked the Prime Minister why his office is engaged in sending out propaganda published by the Conservative and Unionist Central Office, London, S.W.1; and whether he will take such action as will...
asked the Prime Minister to what extent his declaration on 20th August, 1951, to the effect that there was no alternative to the rule of law and that the United Nations was the only way and the...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will make available in the Library copies of the translations of the scripts of the broadcasts in Arabic, made from the Middle East Arab...
asked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance if, in view of increased cost of living, he will increase the grants to patients suffering from tuberculosis, and their dependants.
May I ask the Lord Privy Seal whether he has any statement to make on business?
[SIXTH DAY]
Committee to consider of the Supply to be granted to Her Majesty, Tomorrow.—[Mr. Heath.]
Committee to consider of the Ways and Means for raising the Supply to be granted to Her Majesty, Tomorrow.—[Mr. Heath.]
Order read for resuming adjourned debate on Question [9th November]:
10.2 p.m.
Motion made, and Question proposed. That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Godber.]
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