Wednesday, 11 February 1959
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Read a Second time and committed.
Second Reading deferred till Wednesday next.
Read a Second time and committed.
asked the Minister of Defence whether he will make a further statement about the use of the N.A. 39 aircraft by the Royal Air Force.
asked the Minister of Defence what stops have been taken to reduce the running costs of the 60-bed Hertford British Hospital in Paris following upon recommendations of the Committee of Public...
asked the Minister of Defence whether sufficient modern shipping is now available for lifting tanks and heavy vehicles from the British Isles and landing them on open beaches elsewhere.
asked the Minister of Defence if he will make a statement on tactical atomic bombs, explaining in what circumstances they might be used, the current expenditure on them, their kiloton power, and...
asked the Minister of Defence if he is now ready to make a statement about the long range troop and freight aircraft which is to be ordered.
asked the Minister of Defence to what extent he is being kept informed of United States progress with the design of an anti-missile missile.
asked the Minister of Defence whether he will now make a statement on his proposals for the improvement of widows' pensions governed by the present code.
asked the Minister of Defence what consultations he has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department to ensure that missile bases are not sited in areas designed to receive women and...
asked the Minister of Defence what consultations have taken place between his Department and representatives of the United States of America attending the Geneva Conference on safe- guards...
asked the Minister of Defence (1) what discussions have taken place in the Military Committee of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation on the desirability of permitting Germany to construct...
asked the Minister of Defence if he will make a statement on the development of botulinus toxin, and other new forms of germ warfare.
asked the Minister of Defence if he will make a statement on the decision to station the 47th British Rocket Regiment at Dortmund in the centre of a thickly-populated region.
asked the Minister of Defence what research and development work is being done in the Services to facilitate the landing and taking off of aircraft during fog.
asked the Minister of Defence what evidence has recently been placed before him that Intelligence personnel in the Armed Forces are given instruction and training in the extraction of information...
asked the Minister of Defence if he will state the latest available figures of recruitment for the Forces.
asked the Minister of Defence whether it is still the Government's policy that, in the event of war, defence activities against enemy air attack must be confined to the protection of military...
asked the Minister of Defence whether, in view of the improvement in the recruitment of men for the Forces, he will advance the date for the termination of the call-up.
asked the Minister of Defence what steps have been taken to co-ordinate with other Western Powers the necessary military plans required to preserve British rights over existing routes to Berlin...
asked the Minister of Defence if he will give details of the additional military and financial commitments entered into by Great Britain at the recent meeting of the Bagdad Pact Council at Karachi.
asked the Minister of Defence whether he will make a statement on his recent official visit to Persia.
asked the Minister of Defence in what way the security regulations made by him for the British military bases used by the United States forces such as the Royal Air Force station, Sculthorpe,...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (1) whether the agreement with the Japanese Government signed in October, 1953, regarding criminal jurisdiction over British, Commonwealth and...
Mr. Speaker, may I raise with you a point of order relating to a Question which you thought was not a proper one to be put on the Order Paper? I raise it with you in this way because I think that...
Proceedings on the Building (Scotland) Bill exempted, at this day's Sitting, from the provisions of Standing Order No. 1 (Sittings of the House).—[Mr. Redmayne.]
Order for consideration, as amended (in the Standing Committee), read.
I beg to move, in page 19, line 7, to leave out from "building" to the end of line 8 and to insert: Provided that the buildings authority, on application made to them, may if they think fit...
I beg to move, in page 1, line 15, after "burgh", to insert: and for any burgh constituted after the commencement of this Act". This Amendment meets a point raised by the hon. Member for Hamilton...
7.15 p.m.
I do not select the next Amendment, in page 6, line 30, at the end to insert: (4) A warrant for the demolition of a building shall he subject to the condition that the operations shall be...
I beg to move, in page 8, line 12, to leave out "shall" and to insert "may". As at present drawn, the Bill will force all building authorities and dean of guild courts to delegate to the clerk...
7.45 p.m.
I beg to move, in page 10, line 10, to leave out "the owner of the building" and to insert: (i) the person by whom, or on whose behalf, the building has been or is being constructed, or(ii) if...
Amendments made: In page 15, line 34, leave out first "a" and insert "any".
I beg to move, in page 17, line 6, after "him", to insert "or by the buildings authority". The effect of this Amendment is to enable entry for the purposes specified, not only by the master of...
8.0 p.m.
Amendment made: In page 20, line 9, leave out "said Act of" and insert "Local Government (Scotland) Act—[Mr. J. N. Browne.]
I beg to move, in page 23, line 2, to leave out from first "the" to the end of line 7 and to insert: purposes of the transitional matters specified therein". 8.15 p.m. This is a drafting...
I beg to move, in page 24, line 19, to leave out from "Act" to the end of line 20 and to insert: includes a decreet-arbitral, provisional order or other instrument ratified or confirmed by a...
I beg to move, in page 25, line 38, at the beginning to insert: Subject to the next following subsection I think that it might be convenient to take this together with the Amendment in page 25,...
I beg to move, in page 26, line 26, after "thereof", to insert: and paragraph 5 of the First Schedule thereto. This is a drafting Amendment consequential on an Amendment in Committee that added...
I beg to move, in page 28, line 18, to leave out "a committee" and to insert "committees". For the convenience of the House, I think that we might discuss together this and the following...
I beg to move, in page 29, line 6, after "specifications", to insert "estimates of costs". Among the information that building authorities ought to have is the estimated cost of the work, if for...
I beg to move, in page 29, line 32, at the end to insert: safety precautions to be observed in the installation of gas and electricity services". Matters which will be the subject of building...
Amendments made: In page 30, line 20, leave out under section four of this Act".
I beg to move, in page 30, line 41, to leave out "(which" and to insert: and any land held in connection therewith (all of which The Amendment is designed to meet a point raised by the hon....
Amendments made: In page 31, line 35, leave out "such" and insert "the"
I beg to move, in page 32, line 38, after "Act", to insert: "(a) to a building for the construction of which an application for approval has been made, and not disposed of, before the...
I beg to move, in page 34, line 40, to leave out from "1935" to the end of line 12 on page 35 and to insert: for section seventeen there shall be substituted the following section, that is to...
Amendments made: In page 38, line 41, at end insert: 25 & 26 Geo. 5. c. 47. Restriction of Ribbon Development Act, 1935. In section twenty five, subsections (5) and (10)
Resolution reported,That, for the purposes of any Act of the present Session to further the conservation and control of red deer in Scotland and for purposes connected therewith, it is expedient...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Brooman-White.]
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