Wednesday, 21 January 1959
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Mr. J. T. Price: With your permission, Mr. Speaker, and that of the House, I rise to present a Petition on behalf of over 1,000 of my constituents resident in the small township of Horwich in...
asked the Postmaster-General if he is aware that each of the 10s., 5s. and 2s. 6d. stamps in Great Britain depicts a Royal castle beside the head of Her Majesty the Queen; and if he will...
asked the Postmaster-General what further consideration has been given to the Post Office facilities in the city of Stoke-on-Trent since the visit to the city of the Assistant Postmaster-General;...
asked the Postmaster-General if he will make a statement about the traffic dealt with by the Post Office during the Christmas period 1958; and how the figures vary, so far as St. Helens is...
asked the Postmaster-General what representations he received asking that the address Portobello, Midlothian, be changed; and what evidence he has received expressing satisfaction with the...
asked the Postmaster-General what new steps he is taking to enable the Post Office to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Robert Burns.
Mrs. Jeger: asked the Postmaster-General how many units of residential accommodation are owned by the Post Office; in how many cases the rent of the tenants has been increased; and what steps...
asked the Postmaster-General if he will give consideration to the possibility of reducing telephone rental charges for old people who live alone.
asked the Postmaster-General what are the figures for receipts and outgoings, respectively, for the last convenient accounting period for the Sheffield telephone area.
asked the Postmaster-General if, in relation to the new design for telephone kiosks, he will consider the possibility of incorporating in a prominent position in the upper part of each box, on at...
asked the Postmaster-General if he is now able to make a statement of the dangers to operating personnel of the civil type forward scatter station; and whether a report has now been produced on...
asked the Postmaster-General if he is aware that in the Independent Television Authority programme, "This Week," broadcast on 1st January, the remarks of the Chairman of the Federation of...
asked the Secretary of State for Air (1) to what extent he is now satisfied that the security arrangements in connection with the United Kingdom rocket firing bases are adequate to prevent...
asked the Secretary of State for Air whether, in view of the concern felt among airmen at the threatened closing down of the Malcolm Club organisation, he will secure that these clubs continue to...
asked the Secretary of State for Air for what reason he ordered the cancellation of a broadcast to be given by Lady Tedder on 11th November over the Forces Network to Royal Air Force stations in...
asked the Secretary of State for Air what is his estimate of the cost of the new supersonic bomber TSR2; and when it is likely to be in operational service.
asked the Secretary of State for Air what is his estimate of the cost of the latest Vulcan and Victor bombers.
asked the Secretary of State for Air approximately how many AW.660 aircraft will be ordered for the Royal Air Force; whether they will be used to replace some of the existing variety of types of...
asked the Secretary of State for Air when it was decided to paint the wings of Royal Air Force aircraft used in the Suez operation with two yellow stripes on a black background; and how many are...
asked the Secretary of State for Air whether he will make a statement on the progress being made in providing an airfield on the island of Gan.
asked the Secretary of State for Air, in view of the statement, a copy of which has been sent to him by the hon. Member for Belper, by the United States Ballistic Missile Division Commander...
asked the Secretary of State for Air what further steps have been taken to site the forward scatter stations required as a North Atlantic Treaty Organisation radio link with North America; and...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation how many motor cyclists have been killed or severely injured on the roads in Great Britain during this year to the latest convenient date.
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation if his attention has been drawn to the increasing noise caused in built-up areas by vehicular traffic, especially motor-cycles and sports cars;...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation if he will state the amounts raised under car parking schemes to the latest available date that have been allocated to the provision of...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation to what extent he now proposes a change of policy in regard to revising and widening the terms of reference of the Air Transport Advisory...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation on what works the £2 million set aside for the reconstruction of Prestwick Airport will be spent.
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation if he is now in a position to state when the public inquiry into the crash of a Viking aircraft at Southall on 2nd September, 1958, is to be...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation what alterations in the original line of the Birmingham-Preston motorway he has proposed since the line was agreed with the Staffordshire County...
I beg to give notice that on Friday, 6th February, I shall call attention to the urgent need for improved services for aged and infirm persons and for a closer co-ordination of national and local...
I beg to give notice that on Friday, 6th February, I shall call attention to the need for reconsideration of the nation's fuel and power policies, and move a Resolution.
I beg to give notice that on Friday, 6th February, I shall call attention to the need for an increased capital allocation by the Government to the Jodrell Bank installations, and move a Resolution.
Bill to make certain provisions of a financial nature in connection with the operation of the European Monetary Agreement, and for purposes connected therewith, presented by the Chancellor of the...
Bill to remove the limitation of Her Majesty's power to revoke or amend the Malta (Constitution) Letters Patent, 1947, presented by Mr. Lennox-Boyd; supported by Mr. Julian Amery and Mr. T. G. D....
Proceedings on Government Business exempted, at this day's Sitting, from the provisions of Standing Order No. 1 (Sittings of the House).—[Mr. Heath.]
3.35 p.m.
Bill to amend the law in relation to the making and disposing of flick knives and other dangerous weapons, presented accordingly and read the First time; to be read a Second time upon Friday,...
Order for consideration, as amended (in the Standing Committee), read. Bill recommitted to a Committee of the whole House in respect of the Amendment to Clause 1, page 1, line 20, standing on the...
I beg to move, in page 1, line 7, after "grants", to insert: which in some cases may be made repayable subject to such conditions as the Minister may determine". We can claim a little ingenuity...
I beg to move, in page 4, line 9 to leave out from "for" to "any" and to insert "enabling". It may be convenient also to take the next Amendment, in line 12, at end insert: to be modified from...
I beg to move, in page 4, line 48 to leave out from "on" to "a" and to insert: for the time being the business to which the programme relates". This is purely a drafting Amendment designed to...
Resolution reported, That, for the purposes of any Act of the present Session to increase the limits imposed by paragraph (b)of subsection (1) of section twenty-six of the Transport Act, 1953,...
Considered in Committee.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That the Clause stand part of the Bill.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That the Clause stand part of the Bill.
Motion made, and Question proposed.That this House do now adjourn.—[Colonel J. H. Harrison.]
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