Tuesday, 21 January 1958
[The House—after the Adjournment on 20th December, 1957, for the Christmas Recess—met at half-past Two o'clock.
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
I regret to have to inform the House of the death of the Right Honourable Walter Elliot, C.H., MC., Member for Kelvingrove, and I desire on behalf of the House to express our sense of the loss we...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many smokeless zones have been established since the passing of the Clean Air Bill.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what arrangements are being made for adequate supplies of solid smokeless fuel consequent on the establishment of smokeless zones.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make a statement on the promised provision of two technical colleges in Ayrshire.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will set up a committee to inquire into the present state and organisation of Scottish secondary education and to make recommendations.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what progress is being made with the building of Linlithgow bridge.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what progress is being made with the Glasgow-Stirling road.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what plans he has approved for house-building in Leith; and if he can now state when building will commence on the site at Leith Fort.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many of the 20 farms in Roxburgh which received notices of inspection in November, 1955, were in fact inspected: and with what result.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland, in view of the present state of employment in the light castings industry in the Falkirk area, what steps he intends to take to meet the situation.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make a statement on the activities during this winter's months at sea off the coast of Scotland of his fisheries cruisers with particular...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland in what respects the conditions differ in Scotland from those in England regarding the reservation of places for non-fee-paying pupils imposed on schools...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what results he anticipates for Scottish industry from the recent visit of Canadian industrialists.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he has any further statement to make on the proposed pay increase for clerical staff within the National Health Service.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether, in view of the increasing unemployment problem in the country, he will take measures to expedite the beginning of the Forth Road Bridge construction.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what additional accommodation was made available for mental defectives in the Scottish South-Eastern Region in 1957; and what additional accommodation it...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will arrange for estimates to be made of the cost of bringing into operation of the Legal Aid and Solicitors (Scotland) Act, 1949.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland when the work of completing the linking of the Lochportain road to the main county road in North Uist is to begin.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what were the objections lodged by Lord Lovat to the North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board's project at Strathfarrar-Kilmorach; and on what conditions...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he is aware that increasing numbers of people are being induced to buy houses which are likely to be condemned in the near future under schemes...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what representations he has received from educational bodies respecting the future of education, within the system of block grants; and what steps he...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many local authorities, having found it impossible to finance housing and other development on current market terms, have applied to him for Public...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what steps he proposes taking to increase scientific and technological education in Scotland.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what steps he is taking to secure equivalence of Scottish educational certificates with those of England and Wales.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many river purification authorities are now operating in Scotland; and how many have still to be established.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he is aware of the increasing pressure on Scottish boys who have not yet attained the school leaving age of fifteen years to join the ground staffs of...
asked the President of the Board of Trade what steps his Department is taking to encourage the maximum success of the British Standards Institution's publication, "Shopper's Guide," which gives...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will make a statement about the amount of sterling spent abroad by firms in this country on the purchase of machine tools.
asked the President of the Board of Trade when he expects to receive the Report of the Monopolies Commission on fertilisers.
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he is aware that a large and increasing number of manufacturers and distributors are able and willing to reduce prices but are prevented from doing so...
asked the President of the Board of Trade what steps he is taking, or proposing to take, to assist British manufacturers who wish to initiate or increase exports of their products to Eastern Germany.
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he is aware that the new method of centrifugal casting has facilitated the copying of jewellery designs; and whether he will consider improving the...
asked the President of the Board of Trade (1) by how much the receipts of the Jute Control have exceeded its expenditure since the control was established; (2) by how much the receipts of the...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether, in view of the success of the recent Canadian Trade Mission, he will be willing to make similar arrangements for businessmen from the other...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will schedule the Isle of Wight as a Development Area under the Distribution of Industry Acts.
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that manufacturers of motor tyres are using the Restrictive Practices Act, 1956, to hold up the retail price of tyres; and what ...
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will make a statement on his recent tour of Canada, the United States of America and Mexico.
asked the Prime Minister what recent thermo-nuclear experiments have been carried out on the Zeta reactor at Harwell; to what exent the successful fusion of heavy hydrogen atoms has led to the...
asked the Prime Minister if he will make a statement on his meeting with Staff Side Whitley Council (Hospital Staffs) held on Monday, 23rd December, 1957.
asked the Prime Minister if he will now make a statement on his reply to M. Bulganin's letter, with particular reference to the conditions on which he is prepared to participate in high-level...
(by Private Notice) asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will make a statement regarding the 11 Hungarian stowaways to deport whom an attempt was made on Saturday, 18th...
May I ask the Leader of the House whether he has any statement to make on business?
Order for Third Reading read.
Order for Second Reading read.
Order for Second Reading read.
Considered in Committee under Standing Order No. 84 (Money Committees).—[Queen's Recommendation signified.]
Order for Third Reading read.
Considered in Committee; reported, without Amendment; to be read the Third time Tomorrow.
Resolution reported,That, for the purposes of any Act of the present Session to make new provision for grants out of the Exchequer to local authorities in Scotland, to abolish the Education...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Finlay.]
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