Wednesday, 10 April 1957
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Read the Third time and passed.
Read the Third time and passed, with Amendments.
I beg leave to present a Petition signed by several thousand citizens of the Metropolitan Borough of Fulham and elsewhere. The Petition is addressed to this honourable House and points out that...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation if he will now report on the results of the road safety experiments in Slough for which his Department has been responsible.
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation when it is proposed to begin the construction of the Slough by-pass.
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation, in view of the need to conserve petrol during the period of rationing, if he will give a general direction to the British Transport Commission...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation what consultations he has had with the British Transport Commission in regard to the construction and financing of the new Victoria line tube;...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation whether his attention has been drawn to a complaint by the Central Consultative Committee that too few people appreciate the fact that they...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation if he will introduce one-way traffic in central London.
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation whether he has yet made a statement to the Tyne Tunnel Committee following his meeting with the deputation from the committee.
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation if he will make a statement as to the Government's policy on the construction of a Channel Tunnel.
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation what action he has taken to prevent traffic congestion in London from reverting to the conditions which existed before petrol rationing.
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation what reply he has made to the request of the Slough Borough Council for authority to require that dogs shall be kept on leads in the streets of...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation (1) if he is aware of the concern felt by British manufacturers of auto-cycles at the restrictions placed on their production by Her Majesty's...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation if he is aware that neither fishery cruisers nor cargo vessels are required to carry inflatable rubber life rafts; and if he will take steps to...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation what Governmental provision is made for the protection and salvage of shipping and seamen round the coasts of Britain; who carries out these...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation to make a statement on the wages, allowances, pensions, and conditions of service of men in the British coastguard service.
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation (1) what progress has been made towards the complete avoidance of the discharge of persistent oils into the sea as envisaged by the...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation what types of oily water separators now available will be regarded as efficient under the regulations requiring dry cargo ships to fit them by...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation what information he has received from the United Nations salvage organisation about the clearance of mines from the Suez Canal.
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation if he will refer the matter of the future operation of the Newhaven—Dieppe steamship service to the South-Eastern Transport Consultative...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation what improvements he will authorise on the main Cardiff—Wenvoe—Llantwit major road to meet the increased traffic caused by the...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation what representations he has received from the Mayor of Lowestoft and others concerning the reconstruction of the harbour swing bridge at...
Mr. Gresham Cooke: asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation if he will consider adopting the On-No system of road traffic regulation on three-lane highways over bridges and at other...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation what applications he has received from local authorities to make orders in regard to the provision of parking places in accordance with Sections...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation what action he has taken, or proposes to take, to abate the nuisance caused by settlements of itinerant pedlars on the half-constructed...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation if he is aware of the congestion at the junction of King's Road, Oakley Street and Dovehouse Street, S.W.3; and if he will utilise the space now...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation to what extent constructional work has started on the road improvement schemes listed on 31st October, 1956, for commencement by 31st March,...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation why Cavendish Bridge on A.6 has not been completed as officially stated on 31st October, 1956.
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation when he expects to start work on the fly-over crossing at the junction of Western Avenue with the North Circular Road.
Mr. Gresham Cooke: asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation whether he will consider the making of more cycle tracks on trunk roads leading in and out of London, particularly on those...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation if he is aware that miles of upright kerbs are still being erected on roads to the danger of traffic and the waste of public money; and what...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation if he is satisfied with the traffic flow at Chiswick roundabout at the beginning of the Great West Road; and if he will consider making more...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation when he expects to make a decision with regard to the D ring road route through north-west Middlesex; and if, in view of the extension of the...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation what new general directions have been issued to the corporations, and what new arrangements have been made with the independent air operating...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation, in view of the importance in the national interest of the air corporations having the best technical staff available, if he will give them a...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation if a decision has yet been made with regard to the purchase by the British Overseas Airways Corporation and the British European Airways...
asked Minister of Defence what knowledge he has of the risks to this country of fall-out occasioned by nuclear explosions in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in recent months.
asked the Minister of Defence if he will publish General Stockwell's report on land operations during the Suez military action.
Mr. Dugdale: asked the Minister of Defence on what grounds National Service officers and other ranks are not entitled either to a free passage for their families or to the married rate of local...
asked the Minister of Defence what arrangements he made in Washington for the Royal Air Force to set up and maintain United States guided missiles the warheads of which will remain in the control...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what significance there is in his use of the words "treaty" or "pact" to describe the documents he signs when making agreements with the...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he is aware that the Spanish authorities at La Linea are hostile towards British subjects, especially Gibraltarians; that they are refusing to...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether the personnel of the United Nations Expeditionary Force are required to take an oath of allegiance to the United Nations; and what is the text.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he is aware that the United States Government has recently started publishing 50,000 copies a month of an attractively illustrated magazine in...
Considered in Committee [Progress, 9th April].
3.31 p.m.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House to now adjourn.—[Mr. Redmayne.]
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