Wednesday, 4 February 1959
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation if he is aware that, despite complaints made eighteen months ago, second-class passengers on long-distance non-stop trains between Manchester...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation what progress has been made under the capital modernisation programme approved by him in the transfer from steam to diesel engines on Scottish...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation whether he will expedite the plans for the construction of the proposed new Victoria tube to serve North London.
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation what reply he has sent to a letter from the League Against Cruel Sports about the dangers to the travelling public occasioned by recent trespass...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation if he will give the comparative death rates associated, respectively, with making a journey by air, train, four-wheeled motor vehicle, motor...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation how many applications he has received from commercial garages and local authorities, respectively, to have premises designated as vehicle...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation if, with a view to facilitating the flow of traffic, he will consider adopting the system which has been used with success abroad whereby, in...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation if his attention has been drawn, in the interests of road safety, to the need for large lorries and other vehicles of abnormal length to carry...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation what saving in administrative and other costs would result if 50 per cent. of the driving licences issued were valid for a period of three...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation (1) what proposals the British Transport Commission are submitting to him under their modernisation programme in order to improve trade at...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation how far arrangements are working to co-ordinate the various road, rail, and sea transport services in Scotland; what regular consultations take...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation what stage he has reached in his consultations with interested bodies about the possibility of raising the 30 miles-per-hour speed limit on...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation the minimum number of the 250,000 people waiting for their driving tests he expects the first additional examiner, who is to take up his...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation if he will draw the attention of highway authorities in built-up areas to the reduction of pedestrian casualties which can be achieved by...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation what proposals and schemes for the highways in Newcastle-under-Lyme he has under consideration in his Department which could be quickly started;...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation what progress has been made in making up the service road, Watling Street, Grendon, in the County of Warwick.
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation whether he has considered the problem raised by the intrusion of deer on the A.45 road between Birmingham and Coventry; and if he will make a...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation what reports he has received of damage by frost to any trunk or by pass roads completed during 1958, other than the Preston by-pass; and if he...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation what reports he has received of damage by frost to the newly completed part of the Northwich by-pass; what further construction is to be...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation to what extent he will, in the next financial year, authorise a further increase in road construction, improvement and repairs in particular...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation what action he proposes to take to extend the London-Yorkshire motor road beyond the present determined point.
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation what changes he is contemplating in the traffic-light system during some parts of the night when there is very little traffic; whether he is...
Mr. Gresham Cooke: asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation what information he has which would enable him to compare the accident record of the Preston by-pass and that of the trunk...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation what further steps he is taking to speed up the installation of parking meters by local authorities in London.
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation what progress has been made with the provision of traffic lights at the junction of Gower Street and Hampstead Road, London.
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation whether a fresh study has now been completed of the junction of the A.446 and B.4117 roads at Coleshill, in the County of Warwick; what steps...
Mr. Gresham Cooke: asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation if he will explain the system of numbering to be adopted where there is more than one length of motorway running parallel to...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation the limiting factors in pushing ahead with the road programme, in view of the fact that earth-moving equipment and the men to operate it are...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation why it has been decided to reduce the number of flights to Singapore by the Royal Dutch Airline from two per week to one.
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation whether he has noted the decision of Ayrshire County Council not to co-operate in the reconstruction of Prestwick Airport; and what effect he...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation when consultations took place with the operators using Southampton Airport concerning the transfer of traffic to Hurn Airport; and what...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation if he is aware that attempts are being made to prohibit the use of British navigational aids in aircraft and ships using airfields and ports...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation whether he is aware that during the last twelve months there have been several occasions on which aeroplanes, booked for Turnhouse, but delayed...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation what applications he has had from the Corporations of Leeds and Bradford for financial support for their own airport, so that provision can be...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation the prospects of installing fog-dispersal equipment at London Airport, even on a limited scale; what views have been expressed to him about this...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation to what extent he requires fees and other payments made to directors and chief executives of subsidiary companies of the airline Corporations to...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation how many organisations have submitted proposals for the ab initio training of pilot cadets in connection with the scheme for the recruitment of...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation arising out of his consultations with the operators concerned, if he will now state when it is proposed to start some air services to Paris and...
asked the Prime Minister the precise terms of his recent message to Mr. Khrushohev congratulating him on the success of the recent Russian rocket.
Mr. Speaker, may I ask for your guidance? The Minister of Transport has replied to Questions today almost throughout Question Time but, even so, he has answered only 44 out of 86 Questions on the...
Mr. Speaker, I have a short statement on business. The right hon. Gentleman the Member for Huyton (Mr. H. Wilson) drew attention last night to the fact that there were no copies available in...
I beg to give notice that on Friday, 20th February, I shall call attention to the Report of the Royal Commission on Common Land, and move a Resolution.
I beg to give notice that on Friday, 20th February, I shall call attention to the Report of the Select Committee on Estimates on the Police in England and Wales, and move a Resolution.
I beg to give notice that on Friday, 20th February, I shall call attention to the need to demolish old and derelict industrial buildings in Lancashire and Yorkshire, and to replace them with new...
Bill to enable effect to be given to proposed increases in the quotas of the International Monetary Fund and in the capital stock of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development,...
Proceedings on the European Monetary Agreement Bill exempted, at this day's Sitting, from the provisions of Standing Order No. 1 (Sittings of the House).—[Mr. R. A. Butler.]
Considered in Committee.
3.34 p.m.
I beg to move, in page 2, line 29, after "direct", to insert: Provided that, subject to subsection (3) of this section (a) the rate of interest thereon so payable shall be less than the rate...
Considered in Committee [Progress. 3rd February.]
Question again proposed, That the Clause stand part of the Bill.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That the Clause stand part of the Bill.
Mr. Bottomley, Sir Roland Robinson, Mr. Turton, and Mr. Wade to have leave of absence to present, on behalf of this House, a Speaker's Chair to the Parliament of Ghana.—[Mr. R. A. Butler.]
So much of the Lords Message [3rd February] as relates to the appointment of a Committee on the Promotion of Private Bills to be considered forthwith.—[Mr. Legh.]
Resolution reported,That, for the purposes of any Act of this Session to make further provision for contributions by local authorities in Wales (including Monmouthshire) towards the expenses of...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Brooman-White.]
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