Thursday, 9 May 1957
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Motion made, and Question proposed,
I wish to present a Petition calling for the prohibition of deer hunting, more usually known as stag hunting. The Petition, which is headed by the names of Mr. Clinton Gray-Fisk, Chairman of the...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Education if he will give the number of full-time dental officers engaged in the School Dental Service at the most recent date; and how this...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Education whether he will state the percentage of children taking school meals on 1st April, 1956, and 1st April, 1957.
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Education what plans he has for investigating the degree of reading failure in schools at the age of 15 years; whether those plans include the...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Education whether, not only to help in the teaching of mathematics and science in schools but also to help officers and other ranks into...
Mr. Jennings: asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Education whether he is aware that under the present regulations governing the pro vision of dependants' allowances to mature...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Education what action he is taking to encourage the appointment of more games masters.
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Education what facilities exist for the training of radiographers; and what scholarships are available to candidates regarded as suitable for...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Education if he will make a further statement about the operation of the block grant system in relation to the education services.
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Education how far his Department's Regulations require local education authorities to hold an examination of pupils approaching the end of the...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Education what steps are taken by his Department to encourage the teaching of civics and economics in schools.
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Education if he will make a statement on the introduction of three-year training for teachers.
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Education whether the grammar school places available per head of the school population in Northumberland and Durham, respectively, are above...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Education if he will now appoint a working party to review the system and amounts of university grants; and if he will make a statement.
asked the Under- Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations when it is intended to set up a minimum wage rate in Basutoland, Bechuanaland and Swaziland for agricultural and industrial...
asked the Under-Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations what information was supplied by his Department in Karachi to the Pakistan Government in response to a request for information...
asked the Under-Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations what facilities for appeal are given by his Department to citizens of the United Kingdom upon whom an adverse report has been...
asked the President of the Board of Trade what will be the estimated saving in a full year by the closing of the local offices of his Department in, respectively, Dundee, Scotland and the United...
asked the President of the Board of Trade what percentage factory space built on the industrial estates of the Scottish Development Area since 1945 has been built by Government finance for...
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he is aware of the recession of production in the coach and omnibus building industry as a consequence of present hire-purchase restrictions; and if...
asked the President of the Board of Trade how much was realised by the sale of the equipment at the Howden Flax Mill on 3rd May; what was its original cost; and what was its book value at the...
asked the President of the Board of Trade how many Government flax mills are still operating; and his intentions regarding their continuation.
asked the President of the Board of Trade why the sterling facilities to Poland have been reduced from the £50 million asked for to £5 million; what British manufactures which the...
asked the President of the Board of Trade how many applications have been received in the past year for the export of glass cutters to China; how many applications, and to what value, have been...
asked the President of the Board of Trade why British bicycle exports have fallen in the last two years; and what action he is taking to increase them.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will make a special appeal to industry this year for the stabilisation of prices as a contribution to overcoming inflation.
asked he Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the recommendations of the courts of a 5 per cent. wage increase throughout the engineering and shipbuilding industries, even...
asked the Minister of Labour if he will state the percentage increases in the prices of children's clothing and footwear between 1951 and 1956; and how this compares with increases in household...
asked the Minister of Labour how many of the 4,000 Hungarian refugee miners now in this country have completed their training under Government auspices; how long it will take the remainder to...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many British refugees from Egypt have claimed on the Anglo-Egyptian Resettlement Board for arrears of pension due to them by the Egyptian...
asked the Prime Minister whether he will introduce legislation to abolish the hereditary nature of the office of Earl Marshal and Chief Butler of England.
May I ask the Leader of the House whether he will state the business for next week?
I beg to give notice that on going into Committee of Supply on the Civil Estimates, I shall call attention to the progressive spoliation of the countryside and the steady deterioration in the...
I beg to give notice that on going into Committee of Supply on the Civil Estimates, I shall call attention to the regrouping of water undertakings, and move a Resolution.
I beg to give notice that on going into Committee of Supply, I shall draw attention to the need for inquiry into the universities, and move a Resolution.
Ordered,
Motion made, and Question proposed,
[12TH ALLOTTED DAY]
VOTE 1. PAY, ETC., OF THE AIR FORCE
11.0 p.m.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Wills.]
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