Tuesday, 27 January 1959
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
asked the Attorney-General whether his attention has been drawn to the recent observations of the Court of Appeal in relation to the exercise of Crown Privilege in respect of the production of...
asked the Attorney-General how many actions for possession of premises to which the landlord and Tenant (Temporary Provisions) Act, 1958, applies have been entered in county courts in the...
asked the Attorney-General whether he is aware that under the Legal Aid and Advice Act people of slender means are being assessed as able to pay sums they cannot afford; and when he proposes to...
asked the Attorney-General whether he will consider the legal consequences arising when the ground rents of divided leasehold estates of dwelling houses are not equitably apportioned among the...
asked the Minister of Works what progress has been made with the plans for a memorial to the late Marshal of the Royal Air Force the Viscount Trenchard.
asked the Minister of Works whether a name has yet been chosen for the new entrance into Hyde Park from Knightsbridge.
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Works, as representing the Lord President of the Council, what experiments are now taking place at the Road Research Laboratory at East...
Mr. Jennings: asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Works, as representing the Lord President of the Council, what Government research is undertaken on the hydraulic aspects of...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Works, as representing the Lord President of the Council, what progress is being made towards completion of up-to-date geological maps...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland why he will not allow mobile silage clamps as eligible for silo subsidies in Scotland when they are eligible for subsidies in England.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he is aware that under the Local Government Act, 1958, which applies to England and Wales only, there is provision for electricity undertakings...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what steps are being taken to assist the Forestry Commission to dispose of the thinnings now coming from Scottish forests.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what steps he proposes to take to meet the difficulties revealed by the Crofters Commission in the reorganisation of crofting townships.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make a statement on the various escapes from Peterhead Prison of John Ramensky, stating in each case the manner of his escape, how long he was...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what steps he is taking to assist the citizens of Aberdeen who are threatened with food shortages caused by the recent storms there.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many replies he received from local education authorities concerning the recent circular advising the more extensive use of bread and margarine...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he is aware that the salary increase of 5 per cent., recently awarded to teachers, has resulted, in the case of those promoted teachers who have...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what steps he is taking to sustain and enhance the status of history as a subject in the secondary school curriculum for the purpose of the School...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will introduce legislation to ensure that before any land in Scotland shall be sold to a foreign buyer his sanction must first be obtained.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the estimated cost of strengthening the road bridge over the Tweed at Cold stream to enable it to carry the extra heavy traffic now directed over...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) how many approved voluntary probation homes and hostels there are in Scotland for girls and boys, respectively; (2) how many voluntary homes,...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what additional expenditure he proposes to incur in respect of the Marginal Agricultural Production Scheme as a result of his recent decision on marginal...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he now has anything further to report in relation to an extension of maternity bed accommodation in Glasgow, as this problem is still giving...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether, in view of the value of the proposed Tolsta-Ness road in the Isle of Lewis to the development of tourism, agriculture and the local transport...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he will now give financial aid to the construction by Inverness County Council of jetties at Scalpay and Kyles Scalpay, Isle of Harris, and the...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland when he proposes to introduce regulations regarding new facilities for legal advice under the Legal Aid Act; and whether he will make a statement.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will examine again the position of small owner-occupiers in the crofting counties who farm holdings similar to crofts but who in future, will be...
asked the President of the Board of Trade what was the nature of his reply to a letter he received from the Crook and Willington Urban District Council, County Durham, dated 15th January, 1959,...
Miss Lee: asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer to what extent under his regulations Income Tax relief is allowed to business firms for expenditure incurred in advertising their products; and...
asked the Prime Minister (1) in view of the increasing difficulties being experienced by school leavers in finding employment, what official consultations he had, while on his tour to the...
asked the Prime Minister whether he will transfer the responsibility for the cotton textile industry to a Department other than the Board of Trade.
asked the Prime Minister what proposals Her Majesty's Government have for providing additional employment in ship-repairing and shipbuilding in the North-East as a result of the evidence...
Proceedings of the Committee on National Insurance [Money] exempted, at this day's Sitting, from the provisions of Standing Order No. 1 (Sittings of the House).—[The Prime Minister.]
3.35 p.m.
[Queen's Recommendation signified.]Considered in Committee under Standing Order No. 84 (Money Committees.]
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Brooman-White.]
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