Monday, 9 December 1957
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Address for Returnshowing the number of offences relating to motor vehicles in England and Wales, the number of persons prosecuted for such offences, the results of the proceedings in...
asked the Minister of Supply if he will give the terms of reference of the committee inquiring into the aircraft industry.
asked the Minister of Supply how far, and for what reasons, it is intended that rubber should replace leather for the soles of soldiers' boots.
asked the Minister of Supply, in view of the reductions in the supply of military aircraft and other equipment for the Forces, how far he is reducing the staff in his Department; and to what...
asked the Minister of Supply how many scientists are employed by his Department; and what is the nature of their employment.
asked the Minister of Supply what action his Department has sponsored to overcome the technical problems of the Proteus turbo-jet aero engine during 1957.
asked the Minister of Supply to what extent it is his intention to reduce the expenditure on research and development on manned aircraft and guided missiles; and whether he will make a statement.
asked the Minister of Supply what orders he obtained for British aircraft as the result of his recent talks in Bonn with the West German Defence Minister.
asked the Minister of Supply what consideration he has given to the proposal that the Royal Aeronautical Establishment at Farnborough should be closed as an economy measure; and if he will make a...
asked the Minister of Supply what progress is being made towards the development of an atomic-powered aircraft in the United Kingdom.
asked the Minister of Supply what expenditure ha, been incurred by his Department on South Uist Rocket Range.
asked the Minister of Health whether, pending the introduction of new mental health legislation, he will so amend his regulations as to ensure that mental patients are permitted to write, without...
asked the Minister of Health under what circumstances patients at the Rampton Mental Hospital are required to scrub the stone floors in D.1. Block; what cleaning materials are supplied for the...
asked the Minister of Health whether he will make a special capital grant to the North-East Metropolitan Hospital board for the purpose of rebuilding the maternity wards of North Middlesex Hospital.
asked the Minister of Health whether he has any proposals to make regarding the future employment of hospital registrars whose appointments are due to terminate in a few months' time.
asked the Minister of Health if he is aware of the shortage of radiographers at Oldchurch Hospital, Romford; and what action is being taken to improve this situation at the earliest possible moment.
asked the Minister of Health what is the average number of patients per doctor in mental hospitals and in general hospitals, respectively.
asked the Minister of Health if he will publish in HANSARD a table of figures giving the six lowest financial grades of hospital workers, their hours of work, moneys received and the approximate...
Mr. Slater: asked the Minister of Health what is the present total number of mental nurses in the North-Eastern Regional Board area and the number for each mental hospital within the area; and...
asked the Minister of Health if he is aware that the monthly-paid nursing staff at a hospital within the Hartlepools Group did not receive their pay cheque on the day it was due; and what action...
asked the Minister of Health what so far has been the proportion of applicants for poliomyelitis inoculation to the total number who have been eligible to apply for it.
asked the Minister of Health when he intends to allow the Middlesbrough Health Authority to invite tenders for the construction of a maternity and child welfare clinic at Park End, plans for...
asked the Minister of Health whether, in view of the more serious epidemics of influenza this winter, he will encourage the public to take all practical steps for self-protection, including oral...
Mrs. Jeger: asked the Minister of Health when he now expects to receive the Report of the Royal Commission on Doctors' Pay; and what guidance has been given to the Commission on the Government's...
asked the Minister of Health if he is aware of the overtime ban that has been imposed by the Eastbourne Dental Estimates Board; and if he will make a statement, with particular reference to the...
Dr. Johnson: asked the Minister of Health whether he will implement the recommendation of the Franks Committee that he should give reasons for his decision in cases of appeal from the Medical...
asked the Minister of Health what financial assistance is to be given to local authorities who provide additional accommodation for mentally-confused cases as recommended in the Percy Report.
asked the Minister of Health what is the percentage increase in wages and salaries paid to local government workers since 1948.
asked the Minister of Health whether he has considered the letter sent to him by the Blackburn and District Health Services branch of the National Association of Local Government Officers,...
asked the Minister of Health whether he will make a statement on the Report of the Willink Committee on Medical Manpower.
asked the Minister of Health whether he will make a statement upon the Government's policy in relation to the report of Sir Noel Hall upon conditions and salaries in the National Health Service.
asked the hon. Member for Woolwich, West, as Chairman of the Kitchen Committee, for what reasons it was decided to allow guests to be taken to the Members' Cafeteria from 12.30–5.30 p.m.
Richard Martin Bingham, esquire, for Liverpool, Garston.
Order for Second Reading read.
Order for Second Reading read.
9.59 p.m.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Oakshott.]
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