Monday, 26 January 1959
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Mrs. White: asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what arrangements are now proposed to enable countries with insufficient sterling resources to purchase British books and periodicals...
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how many copies of the official Bulletin 140, "Wild Birds and the Land", have been printed; how many have been sold; if he is aware of the...
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what decision he has reached in regard to the representation of allotment associations on local authority allotment committees; and what...
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (1) how much agricultural land has been lost for food production in the 10 years 1948 to 1957, inclusive; and what has been the total...
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what progress has been made by the White Fish Authority in classifying and defining the types of fish sold in the United Kingdom, with...
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many fanners have been refused improvement grants under the Agriculture Act, 1957, on the grounds that their farms are not economic...
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he will make a further statement on his examination of the working of the Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs Act, 1926.
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many grants have been approved in respect of improvements under the Agriculture Act, 1957; at what estimated cost; and how many...
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he will make a statement about Government policy towards the horticultural industry.
asked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance if he will introduce legislation to amend the provisions of the Second Schedule to the National Assistance Act, 1948, in order to increase...
asked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance why Mr. A. W. Cooper of 26, New Street, Aston, Birmingham, who is an old-age pensioner subsisting entirely on his retirement pension, has...
asked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance how many cases a day are heard by the Medical Appeals Tribunal sitting at Deans Yard, London, S.W.I; and at what intervals the cases are set...
asked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance if he will make a statement regarding the disposal of the balance of the assets under Articles 14 and 16 of the Peace Treaty with Japan.
asked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance what will be the total pension, the flat-rate pension remaining as at present, for a single man with a wage of £12 per week after he has...
asked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance what is the amount of a man's contribution that is expected to be allocated to pensions in the flat rate section out of the 8s. 4d. to be...
asked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance whether he is aware of the renewed difficulties experienced in the county borough of Oldham by workers, who have been employed on a six-day...
asked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance what would be the cost of giving the full rate of widows' pension to those now only getting 10s. per week.
asked the Paymaster-General (1) if he is aware that some coal merchants in Barry have been unable to obtain house-coal from their factors during the first three weeks of this year; and if he will...
asked the Paymaster-General if his attention has been drawn to the number of cases reported in recent months whereby a faulty or broken gas pipe in the street has made possible a seepage of gas...
asked the Minister of Supply how many Armstrong Whit-worth AW/660 Argosy freight aircraft have been ordered; and how many it is contemplated ordering.
asked the Minister of Supply what personnel he now employs at the Microbiological Research Centre and Chemical Defence Experimental Establishment at Salisbury Plain; and for what purpose.
asked the Minister of Supply (1) how many personnel were employed at the Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough, Bedford, and the Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment, Boscombe...
asked the Minister of Supply what progress has been made by his Department by research with aircraft and engine manufacturers into the general problem of aircraft noise, with a view to reducing...
asked the Minister of Health whether his attention has been called to the number of operation cases in hospitals under his control that become infected, and to recent research as to how at least...
asked the Minister of Health (1) whether he is now prepared to issue a report on the result of his instructions to doctors on hospital stalls, coming under his authority, as to the amount they...
asked the Minister of Health, what proposals he has for introducing amending legislation to enable patients who choose private medical treatment to have the cost of prescriptions charged against...
asked the Minister of Health whether his attention has been called to the fact that because of the retirement of a general practitioner in St. Marylebone and the difficulty of securing a surgery...
asked the Minister of Health whether his attention has been drawn to the recent sharp drop in the price of corticosteroid drugs to the National Health Service; and what information he has as to...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will make a statement about the progress made at the Geneva conference on the suspension of nuclear weapon tests.
Proceedings on Government Business exempted, at this day's Sitting, from the provisions of Standing Order No. 1 (Sittings of the House), for one hour after Ten o'clock.—[Mr. R. A. Butler.]
3.33 p.m.
[Queen's Recommendation Signified.]
Motion made and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Gibson-Watt.]
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