Wednesday, 17 December 1958
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Mr. Speaker, with your permission and that of the House, I wish to present a Petition, signed by past students of Offley Training College, inhabitants of the village of Offley and Friends of...
asked the Secretary of State for War to what extent the British Army in Germany is attempting to keep on the road rebuilt three-tonner lorries from the Second World War.
asked the Secretary of State for War if he is satisfied that he has a sufficient supply of nuclear warheads for missiles to be used by the Army in the field; and how many of these warheads are of...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether it remains the policy of the Army to abolish the manufacture of heavy tanks and to concentrate on medium tanks.
asked the Secretary of State for War to what extent it is the practice in the Army to send two cars on a journey to ensure that at least one of them finally reaches the destination.
asked the Secretary of State for War on what occasions British units in Germany have borrowed equipment from the armies of other countries so that they could take an adequate part in combined...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that Miss Jameson, a British ex-Service woman, was charged £189 for treatment in the British Military Hospital, Singapore; on what...
asked the Secretary of State for War why the political instruction pamphlet issued to all ranks in Cyprus is now being revised.
asked the Secretary of State for War in view of the need to maintain a high standard of conduct, whether he is satisfied with the off-duty behaviour of troops employed on public duties in the...
asked the Secretary of State for War if he will state the date on which the draught horse, Josephine, was selected for service at the Command Ordnance Depot, Didcot, the reason which prompted the...
asked the Postmaster-General, in view of the fact that the road in Nottingham Place, Nottingham Street, W.1, and adjacent streets. was dug up by the London Electricity Board in April and May,...
asked the Postmaster-General by what means numbers selected by Electronic Random Number Indicating Equipment and found to be ineligible for the Premium Bond draws concerned are rejected.
asked the Postmaster-General when he now expects to give an answer to the Post Office Engineering Union to their claim submitted on 3rd October.
asked the Postmaster-General whether he can yet make a statement about his proposed scheme of interchange of staff between the Post Office and industrial concerns.
Mrs. Jeger: asked the Postmaster-General why, as landlord of 34, Calthorpe Street, W.C.1, his Department has increased the rent of four rooms there from £1 6s. 10d. to £2 10s. 4d. per...
asked the Postmaster-General what arrangements are available for the provision of special telephones for deaf subscribers.
asked the Postmaster-General if he will make a statement regarding the progress of the building of the new telephone exchange at Rugby; and what is the estimated date of completion.
asked the Postmaster-General why as many as 55 per cent. of private telephone subscribers in Barry have been required to take a shared-line service, while the comparable figure for the United...
asked the Postmaster-General what progress has been made with the new design of telephone kiosk.
asked the Postmaster-General whether he is aware that during a recent discussion programme broadcast by the Independent Television Authority between Mr. Gerald Gardiner, Q.C., and Mr. W. J. Brown...
asked the Postmaster-General (1) if he is now in a position to make a statement concerning the future of colour television;
asked the Postmaster-General if he is aware of the deterioration in television reception in north-east Essex recently; and what steps he is taking to improve the situation.
asked the Postmaster-General what further authorisation of expenditure in the Highlands and Islands by the British Broadcasting Corporation he intends to sanction; and whether he will now...
asked the Postmaster-General what power is used in existing civil types of forward scatter stations; what is to be the increase in future developments; and how far the consultations that are now...
asked the Postmaster-General, in view of the unsatisfactory result of the investigation made by the Director-General of the British Broadcasting Corporation into allegations of political...
asked the Secretary of State for Air why the maintenance contract between his Department and the Fairey Aviation Company Limited, at Royal Air Force, Valley, Anglesey, is being terminated on 31st...
asked the Secretary of State for Air if he is now able to make a statement with regard to the future of the Education Branch of the Royal Air Force, with particular regard to the promotion...
Mr. Lee: asked the Secretary of State for Air whether he will make a statement about the future use of the United States air base at Burtonwood.
asked the Secretary of State for Air what has been the total expenditure to date upon the installation and equipment of rocket bases in the United Kingdom; and what he estimates to be the total...
asked the Secretary of State for Air whether he has yet decided what types of transport aircraft are to be ordered for the Royal Air Force.
asked the Prime Minister whether he will take steps to ensure that free treatment is provided for British civilians in all hospitals abroad for which any Department of Her Majesty's Government is...
asked the Prime Minister to what extent the statement made by the Minister of Labour at London Airport on 8th December, on the Russian economic challenge, represents the policy of Her Majesty's...
asked the Prime Minister whether he is satisfied that the existing consultative machinery of the Commonwealth is sufficient for keeping under review, with full consideration of the interests and...
On a point of order, Mr. Speaker. May I seek your help and guidance? Today, in the national Press, there has been published a letter relating to conditions in which our troops are living in...
May I ask the Lord Privy Seal whether he will state the business for the first week after the Christmas Recess?
Mr. Speaker, the House will recollect that, on 19th November, on a Motion by the Leader of the House, leave of absence was given to the right hon. Gentleman the Member for South Shields (Mr....
I beg to give notice that on Friday, 23rd January, I shall call attention to the needs of the arts in Great Britain and to the part to be played in meeting those needs by the State, public...
I beg to give notice that on Friday, 23rd January, I shall call attention to the position of the Colonial Development Corporation, and move a Resolution.
I beg to give notice that, on Friday, 23rd January, I shall call attention to the operation of the Television Act, and move a Resolution.
Bill to repeal the Lunacy and Mental Treatment Acts, 1890 to 1930, and the Mental Deficiency Acts, 1913 to 1938, and to make fresh provision with respect to the treatment and care of mentally...
House to meet Tomorrow at Eleven o'clock; no Questions to be taken after Twelve o'clock; and at Five o'clock Mr. Speaker to adjourn the House without putting any Question.—[Mr. R. A. Butler.]
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House, at its rising Tomorrow, do adjourn till Tuesday, 20th January.—[Mr. R. A. Butler.]
3.48 p.m.
Bill to make provision as to the circumstances in which underground rooms are to be deemed for the purposes of section eighteen of the Housing Act, 1957, to be unfit for human habitation and, in...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Oakshott.]
3.55 p.m.
Order made by the Secretary of State for the Home Department extending section 1 of the Sunday Entertainments Act, 1932, to the Rural District of Llantrisant and Llantwit Fardre [copy laid before...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Oakshott.]
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