Wednesday, 23 July 1958
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
As amended, considered; to be read the Third time.
asked the Secretary of State for War what action he is taking to improve the accommodation and welfare and recreational facilities for troops in Cyprus.
asked the Secretary of State for War if he is aware of the discrimination by the commanding officer of the North-West District, Mixed Signals Regiment, Territorial Army, in favour of Regular...
asked the Secretary of State for War what reason for their move was recently given to the Royal Scots Fusiliers, previous to their being sent to Cyprus.
asked the Secretary of State for War how many of the Royal Scots Fusiliers, recently sent to Cyprus, were National Service men.
asked the Postmaster-General if he will make a statement regarding the wireless and television services in the Scottish Border area; what improvement is contemplated; and when.
asked the Postmaster-General when he estimates that television coverage will be available for central Wales.
asked the Postmaster-General (1) if he is aware that owing to the postal address being an incorrect geographical description of areas in the area of the Tettenhall Urban District Council letters...
asked the Secretary of State for Air what long-distance flights to Commonwealth and other countries will be undertaken by V-bombers.
asked the Secretary of State for Air if he will make a statement on the re-equipment programme of Coastal Command.
asked the Secretary of State for Air the total number of married airmen under the age of 21 denied the facilities for their wives, such as passage and oversea allowances and married quarters,...
asked the Secretary of State for Air whether he will make a statement on the help given by the Royal Air Force, St. Athan, to the organisers and competitors at the British Empire and Commonwealth...
asked the Secretary of State for Air what progress in the more efficient use of manpower has been achieved in recent months as a result of recommendations made by the Director of Work Study.
Commander Maitland: asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation what action he proposes to relieve the congestion of traffic caused by the antiquated level crossing arrangements at Burgh...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation if he will consult with the Minister of Works with a view to a model of the Park Lane Improvement Scheme being displayed at a suitable spot in...
Mr. Gresham Cooke: asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation what proposals he has in mind for regulating traffic on the new motorways, in view of the expected opening of the Preston...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation whether he will consider amending the traffic Regulations to prohibit vehicles stopping on road intersections.
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation if he is now able to sanction the Severn Bridge project; and if he will state the conditions which will govern the project, and the starting date.
Mr. Gresham Cooke: asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation whether, in view of the fact that the present scale of charges for parking meters, whilst it may be suitable for motorists...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation why omnibus stops in the London area are located within areas covered by areas forbidding loading and unloading.
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation the permitted maximum width of vehicles and vehicle loads allowed on the roads under the jurisdiction of his Department.
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation if he is now able to announce the roads programme to be undertaken on the completion of the present four-year programme.
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation when the proposed London-Moscow, and return, air service will come into operation.
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation whether the recent discussions at the International Civil Aviation Organisation have resulted in the realigning of the civil air-routes between...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation if he will arrange for an inspection by interested Members of Parliament of the proposed R34 memorial design, prior to the intended erection at...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation what discussions he had, during his visit to the United States of America, with regard to international agreement on the control of aircraft...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation what United Kingdom traffic rights have now been granted to the new Ghana Airways Company; and to what extent it is his policy to share the...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation if he will now state the daily average number of vehicles of all types which cross the extended part of the runway at Prestwick airport on A.77.
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation if he will consider making it an offence for a learner driver to carry other passengers in addition to his instructor.
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation what action he has taken to publicise the regulations concerning the display of L plates on motor cars.
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation when he expects the scheme for the inspection of road vehicles to start operating.
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation if he is aware that further industrial expansion in South Wales, together with the completion of power stations, factories and other industrial...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation how many officers have been recruited for enforcement work in connection with the Road and Rail Traffic Acts since an increase in their number...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation what conclusion he has now reached in regard to the construction and financing of the projected Victoria line tube.
Mr. G. Wilson: asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation whether he has now discussed with the Chairmen of the Transport Users' Consultative Committees the British Transport...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation whether he is aware of the growing public concern at the delay in publishing the report of the inquiry into the Lewisham train crash on 4th...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation if he will direct the appropriate Area Transport Users' Consultative Committee to consider the proposal of British Railways to close the branch...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation if he will now state whether a date has been fixed for the holding of a public inquiry into the loss with all hands of the s.s. "Narva".
The following Question stood upon the Order Paper:
Proceedings on Government Business exempted, at this day's Sitting, from the provisions of Standing Order No. 1 (Sittings of the House).—[Mr. R. A. Butler.]
Order for consideration of Lords Amendments read.
Lords Amendment: In page 2, line 1, leave out "otherwise than under section thirty of" and insert: for those years under any enactment passed before this Act other than
Lords Amendment agreed to: In page 5, line 15, leave out lines 15 to 17 and insert: the Local Government Act, 1958.
Lords Amendment: In page 5, line 32, at end insert: (2) For the year beginning on the sixteenth day of May, nineteen hundred and fifty-nine, and subsequent years the rights of salmon fishing to...
5.45 p.m.
Lords Amendments again considered.
Lords Amendments agreed to: In page 8, line 33, leave out "as defined in the Act of 1947".—[Special Entry.]
Lords Amendment agreed to: After Amendment last inserted, insert new Clause "A": —(1) For the purpose of abolishing certain requirements relating to local government administration and for...
Lords Amendment: After Amendment last inserted, insert new Clause "B": B. Subsection (1) of section seven of the Education (Scotland) Act, 1946 (which subsection requires certain functions of...
Lords Amendment: After Amendment last inserted, insert new Clause "C": .—(1) The minutes of— (a) the proceedings of a local authority,(b) the proceedings of any committee appointed...
Lords Amendment agreed to: In page 22, line 7, after "provided" insert "for".
Lords Amendment: In page 26, line 35, at end insert new Schedule "A":
Order for Third Reading read.
Postponed Proceeding resumed.
Lords Amendments agreed to [One with Special Entry.]: In line 41, at end insert: "11 & 12 Geo. 5. c. 58. The Trusts (Scotland) Act, 1921. In section ten, in subsection (1), in...
Order for consideration of Lords Amendments read.
Lords Amendment: In page 10, line 11, leave out "fourteen days" and insert "two months".
Lords Amendment: In page 11, line 32, at end to insert: Provided that the Council shall not so exercise their powers under this subsection as to prevent vehicles and pedestrians passing between...
Lords Amendment: In page 14, line 21, at end insert: (5) If, within the period of five years immediately following the issue of a certificate in respect of a work under subsection (1) of this...
Lords Amendment: In line 46, at end insert: Provided that this subsection shall not apply as respects the functions of the Minister of Works in relation to the maintenance of the Wellington Arch...
Lords Amendment: In page 15, line 22, at end insert new Clause "A": (1) At such time as, by virtue of section fifteen of this Act, the Apsley carriageway becomes a highway, any land situate to...
Lords Amendment: In page 15, line 28, leave out "thereunder" and insert for the purposes mentioned therein".
Lords Amendment: In page 16, line 14, at end insert new Clause "B". (1) The highway authority for the Under pass shall be under a duty to maintain the Underpass (ventilating tunnel) and any works...
Lords Amendment: In page 16, line 37, at end insert: Provided that this subsection shall not apply as respects expenses incurred by the Council in making contributions under subsection (5) of...
Lords Amendment: In page 18, line 7, at end insert new Clause "C": .—(1) In this section—the Commission" means the British Transport Commission;the engineer" means an engineer to be...
Lords Amendment: After Amendment last inserted, insert new Clause "D". (1) In this section—apparatus," in relation to any of the undertakers other than the London Electricity Board, means...
Lords Amendments considered.
Lords Amendment: In page 2, line 9, at end insert New Clause "A": (1) In subsection (1) of section five hundred and three of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, the following paragraphs shall be...
Lords Amendment: After Amendment last inserted, insert new Clause "B": (1) The persons whose liability in connection with a ship is excluded or limited by Part VIII of the Merchant Shipping Act,...
Lords Amendment: After Amendment last inserted, insert New Clause "C": C.—(1) Part VIII of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, shall apply to any structure, whether completed or in course of...
Lords Amendment: After Amendment last inserted, insert new Clause "D": —(1) Where a ship or other property is arrested in connection with a claim which appears to the court to be founded on...
Lords Amendment: After Amendment last inserted, insert new Clause "E": (1) No judgment or decree for a claim founded on a liability to which a limit is set by section five hundred and three of...
Lords Amendment: After Amendment last inserted, insert new Clause "F": (1) In making any distribution in accordance with section five hundred and four of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, the...
Lords Amendment: After the Amendment last inserted, insert new Clause "G": (1) In section five hundred and two of the Merchant Shipping Act. 1894, the word "seagoing" shall be omitted.(2) For...
Lords Amendment agreed to: After Amendment last inserted, insert new Clause "H": Nothing in this Act applies in relation to any liability arising from an occurrence which took place before the...
Lords Amendment agreed to: After Amendment last inserted, insert new Clause "J": (1) This Act extends to Northern Ireland.(2) In the application of this Act to Northern Ireland the reference in...
Lords Amendment agreed to: After Amendment last inserted, insert new Clause "K": (1) Her Majesty may by Order in Council direct that the provisions of this Act, and (so far as they do not so...
Lords Amendment agreed to: In line 19, at end add new Schedule "A": Session and Chapter Short Title Extent of Repeal "57 & 58 Vict. c. 60. The Merchant Shipping Act 1894. In section...
Postponed Lords Amendment in the Title: In line 1 leave out from beginning to "and" in line 2 and insert: amend Part VIII of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1894, and section two of the Merchant...
Read a Second time.
Considered in Committee.
Resolved,That any Act of the present Session amending the law relating to the adoption of children may, notwithstanding any resulting charge to estate duty, include provision for validating...
11.58 p.m.
Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Legh.]
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