Wednesday, 18 December 1957
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
I beg to move, That Standing Order 39 (Deposit of copies of bills at Treasury and other public departments, etc.) relative to Private Business be amended in line 28 by leaving out the word "or"...
asked the Secretary of State for War if he has considered the unpreparedness for action of the Army in the operations in Egypt as stated in the despatch of the Commander-in-Chief Allied Forces;...
asked the Secretary of State for War how many Army-owned publications receive the news and photographic service of the official Army News Service, Holloway Road, London, N.1, and at...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he will give an estimate of the stocks and equipment in his Department which are surplus to requirements, and the value of this material; and what...
asked the Secretary of State for War why he is closing down 37 Base Workshops, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, Woolwich; and where he is transferring the work previously done by this unit.
asked the Secretary of State for War (1) how many soldiers were recruited for the various Scottish regiments in November; (2) how many recruits enlisted in November in the Royal Scots Fusiliers...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether, in view of explosion mishaps at Medlyn Moor, Wendron, on 7th September, 1955, and at Carnkie, Camborne-Redruth, on 1st December, 1957, both in the...
asked the Postmaster-General whether he will issue a commemorative issue of postage stamps for the bi-centenary of the birth of Robert Burns on 25th January, 1959; and if he will take similar...
asked the Postmaster-General what saving he expects to make by reducing the number of deliveries and collections on Saturday, dispensing with deliveries on Easter Monday, Whit Monday and August...
asked the Postmaster-General to what extent he has had cause, since the increase in inland postal charges, to refuse to handle catalogues and other printed papers posted abroad, on the ground...
asked the Postmaster-General what requests he has received from companies that a special postal rate should operate for printed matter provided it is collected privately, delivered to the sorting...
asked the Postmaster-General why lettercards were not obtainable at Reading main Post Office on 12th December; and if he will give an assurance that he will continue this device.
asked the Postmaster-General whether he will increase the number of hours per day during which television may be shown so that commercial rather than statutory considerations may be the limiting...
asked the Postmaster-General what progress is being made in the development of a low-power television transmitter to serve areas now getting bad reception.
asked the Postmaster-General when he intends to make a full statement, covering the technical, financial and social aspects of the problems involved, regarding the repeated rejection of requests...
asked the Postmaster-General what notices he has issued to the Independent Television Authority under Section 9, subsection (2) of the Television Act, 1954, concerning matters of a political nature.
asked the Postmaster-General how many Regulations under the Wireless Telegraphy Act to deal with electrical interference are now in operation; and what steps are taken to enforce them.
asked the Postmaster-General if the City of Leeds is included in the radius for cheap trunk calls from Keighley under the new proposals announced in Parliament last month.
asked the Postmaster-General how many telephone subscribers in Scotland have given up their telephones since the last charges and rental increases were announced; and how many of these were in...
asked the Postmaster-General how many new subscribers have been connected to the telephone in the Reading and Newbury districts in the past year; how many subscribers gave up the telephone; and...
asked the Postmaster-General if he will take steps to have a telephone kiosk erected in the new council housing estate at Long Law-ford.
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation whether, in view of the small number of horse riders, he will discourage the continued use of the terms "near side" and "off side' in official...
Mrs. Butler: asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation if he will publish in HANSARD the detailed items of his request to the British Transport Commission in relation to the provision...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation whether, in the interests of economy of labour, he will now arrange for the issue of three-year licences to be available to everyone and not...
Mr. Gresham Cooke: asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation when he intends to make regulations to bring into effect Section 18 of the Road Traffic Act, 1956, so as to limit the number...
Mr. Gresham Cooke: asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation when the Public Service Vehicles (Conditions of Fitness) Regulations under the Road Traffic Act, 1930, will be issued; and...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation if he is aware of the traffic congestion that occurs in the Mill Road Tunnel below the British Railways Midland Region Station, Rugby, when the...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation, in view of the increasing infringement of Section 19 of the Road Traffic Act, 1930, in regard to hours of work and Section 16 of the Road and...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation the number of new private car registrations made by firms and by private individuals, respectively, during the latest 12-month period.
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation when it is proposed to start the construction of the new Victoria tube linking North-East London with Victoria and South-West London, Route C.
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation which of the British Railways modernisation schemes will be postponed or delayed in completion as a result of the restrictions placed on its...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation when he expects the repairs to the railway workshops at Neville Hill, Leeds, to be completed.
asked the Prime Minister, in view of his Motion that a statue be made of the late Earl Balfour, what steps he is taking to honour the memory of other Prime Ministers who have now been dead for 10...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation if he will now state what progress has been made on his consultations with the associations of local authorities about the powers and...
Commander Maitland: asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation what progress has been made during recent months in improving the Great North Road; how many miles of dual carriageway have...
Mr. Gresham Cooke: asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation whether, in the interests of saving materials and of cost, he will make more use of prestressed concrete for the...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation what reconstruction is proposed to be made at Renfrew Airport and its environs; and if he will make a statement.
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation whether orders have yet been placed for the future requirements of British European Airways for short-range jet air liners.
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation whether Gatwick Airport will be opened next year in time for British European Airways to operate their summer air traffic.
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation what action he has taken following the recommendations made by the Commissioner of the public inquiry into the accident to the Viking aircraft...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation how many nations whose ships fly flags of convenience have so far failed to ratify the International Convention on the prevention of pollution...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation if he is aware that five oil tankers are being constructed for the National Bulk Carriers, each of 104,500 tons dead weight, that none of these...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation whether the representatives of Her Majesty's Government at the Diplomatic Conference on Maritime Law held in Brussels in October, 1957,...
asked the Minister of Defence what contribution the Federal German Government will make in the forthcoming year towards the cost of maintaining British Forces in Germany.
asked the Minister of Defence how many former British students of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation Defence College in Paris now hold the rank of brigadier or equivalent.
asked the Minister of Defence (1) whether he will make the establishment of four rocket bases in the United Kingdom conditional on the repeal by the United States Congress of the restrictive...
The following Question stood upon the Order Paper:
I wish to raise a point of order, Mr. Speaker, of which I have given you notice, and which would appear to be a matter of substance. I think it may appear that a decision that you gave reflects...
Bill to make provision as to the areas in which the Colonial Development Corporation may operate, and to increase the sums which may be borrowed by the Corporation or advanced to them by the...
Proceedings on the Motion standing in the name of Mr. R. A. Butler relating to Standing Orders exempted, at this day's Sitting, from the provisions of Standing Order No. 1 (Sittings of the...
Resolution reported,That, for the purposes of any Act of the present Session to confer new powers to impose duties of customs in place of the powers conferred by the Import Duties Act, 1932, and...
Considered in Committee.
4.2 p.m.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That the Clause stand part of the Bill.
I beg to move, in page 6, line 8, to leave out "chemically defined".
I beg to move, in page 7, line 13, at the end to insert: and similar goods are not for the time being procurable in the United Kingdom".
I beg to move, in page 8, line 19, to leave out subsections (1) to (3) and to insert: (1) Subject to the following subsections, the Treasury may direct that payment shall not be required of any...
Amendments made: In page 9, line 41, leave out "Import Duties Board" and insert "Board of Trade".
Amendments made: In page 11, line 36, leave out from second "the" to "be" in line 38 and insert: Treasury may by order provide that drawback on exportation shall
Amendments made: In page 12, line 39, leave out subsections (1) and (2).
Amendment made: In page 15, line 46, leave out from "recommendation" to end of line 5 on page 16.—[Mr. Vaughan-Morgan.]
As soon as may be after the end of each financial year, beginning with the year 1959–60, the Board of Trade shall lay before each House of Parliament a report on the exercise during that...
Question, That this be the Second Schedule to the Bill, put and negatived.
Amendments made: In page 24, line 4, leave out "recommendation or".
Amendments made: In page 25, line 22, leave out paragraph 2.
Amendments made: In page 29, line 15, at end insert— 10 & 11 Geo. 6. c. 39. The Statistics of Trade Act, 1947. In section nine, in paragraph (a) of subsection (1), the words "or...
SCHEDULE (A)—AMENDMENTS TO STANDING ORDERS 5 Standing Order No. 57, line 8, leave out "shall be fifteen" and insert "of forty-five or more members shall be fifteen and of a standing...
Resolution reported,That, for the purposes of any Act of the present Session to amend the enactments authorising the use of patented inventions and registered designs for the services of the...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Wills.]
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