Thursday, 11 April 1957
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Read the Third time and passed, with Amendments.
Mr. Speaker, with your permission and that of the House, I should like to present a Petition signed by some 3,600 citizens of the Borough of Bermondsey in the County of London. The Petition is to...
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (1) whether he is aware that there is dissatisfaction among the seine net fishermen off the coast of Northumberland and Berwickshire about...
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what steps he is taking financially to reimburse trawler owners for loss of fishing gear owing to the lack of proper patrols to prevent...
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when he expects to he able to authorise the Elmore Back Pumping Scheme, so as to relieve serious flood damage being caused in the Elmore area.
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (1) whether he is satisfied that suitable office accommodation is available in Taunton for the staff of his Department whom he intends to...
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what was the amount of grant paid during the last twelve months for water supplies, drainage and road works; and how many farms were concerned.
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when the Committee now investigating the transportation of live cattle will report its findings.
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he will introduce regulations to limit the moisture content of bread.
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what was the total number of tins of milk disposed of by his Department in clearing stocks; the names of the main brands involved; what...
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what was the consumption of full price fresh milk for the month of March.
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what action he is taking pursuant to the Report by the Natural Resources (Technical) Committee on Forestry, Agriculture and Marginal Land.
asked the Minister of Labour what reply he has sent to the offer of free space for a display by his Department at the Festival of Women on 7th to 29th June.
asked the Minister of Labour when he proposes to introduce legislation to enforce registration of restrictive practices in trade unions.
asked the Minister of Labour, in order to protect families and homes from the consequences of victimisation either by employers or the trade unions during industrial disputes, if he will...
Mrs. White: asked the Minister of Labour what is being done to find alternative work for persons displaced as a result of the closing of the United States Air Force base at Sealand.
asked the Minister of Labour how many interpreters are employed in connection with the Hungarian refugees; and their nationality.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what representations have been made to his Department for an increased grant to the National Marriage Guidance Council; and what steps he is...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will instruct the Metropolitan Police to take action against the drivers of taxicabs who stand their cabs in the middle of the street...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what financial contributions Her Majesty's Government have made to date for the relief of British refugees from Egypt; and to whom these sums...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will take steps to prevent the unlicensed street trading that takes place every weekend in Hertslet Road, Islington, creating...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he is aware of the nuisance caused by the existence of air-raid shelters in narrow streets and courtyards; and whether he will make a...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Education what steps are being taken to recruit a larger number of women teachers in science and mathematics.
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Education whether he has yet received the report of the Committee on the Supply and Training of Teachers for Technical Colleges.
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Education what steps he is taking to provide additional diploma courses for teachers of backward children.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the cost would be of exempting from Income Tax all stipend income paid to clergymen, ministers, priests and rabbis.
asked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance why some craftsmen employed by a firm of sub-contractors at the Wilton (Teesside) extensions of Imperial Chemical Industries, who were...
asked the Prime Minister whether he will recommend the appointment of a Select Committee to review and inquire into the working of the present system of Government with a view to reducing the...
asked the Prime Minister whether he can now announce Her Majesty's Government's policy for financial restitution to some 2,500 British subjects, who having been expelled from Egypt have suffered...
asked the Prime Minister whether he reached agreement at Bermuda that none of the bombs to be exploded at Christmas Island will be in the megaton range.
May I ask the Leader of the House whether he will state the business for next week?
Bill to make further provision with respect to the pay, bounty and allowances of officers and men of the naval and marine reserves (including officers of reserve to the royal navy); and for...
Considered in Committee [Progress, 10th April].
Question again proposed,That it is expedient to amend the law with respect to the national debt and the public revenue and to make further provision in connection with finance, so, however, that...
3.35 p.m.
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