Thursday, 12 February 1959
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Second Reading deferred till Tuesday next at Seven o'clock.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what conclusions have been reached by the Select Committees of the Bermuda Legislature considering the questions of franchise and racial...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what sums of money were paid or land allocated by the Kenya Police or other officers of the Kenya Government to any of the witnesses for the Crown in...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will allow African members of the Kenya Legislative Council to visit the Hola Detention Camp, in Kenya.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies the number of European farmers in the Kenya Highlands; and what degree of training is required before they are permitted to occupy farming land.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies the results of the investigation by the Kenya Government into the existence of a subversive organisation on the lines of the Kenya African Union or...
Mrs. White: asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies the outcome of his discussions on constitutional proposals with the Governor of Kenya.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what restrictions have been placed upon public meetings in Nairobi to be addressed by African-elected members of the Kenya Legislative Council and,...
Mr. Dugdale: asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how many of the registered holdings in the Kiambu District are less than one acre and how many owners of land recently consolidated...
Mr. Dugdale: asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is now in a position to inform the House as to how many persons in Kenya have been detained four years or longer without trial.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies why no charge was made against Captain Ernest Law on 18th January, 1958, before an order was made under the Vagrancy Ordinance.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what new factor arose between 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. on 20th January which enabled the large-scale security operations in South-West Cyprus to be called off.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will suggest to the Governor of Cyprus that the discharged and suspended Greek-Cypriot employees of the Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes and...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will now make a statement on the present position in Cyprus.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies to what extent Her Majesty's Government intends to adopt the proposals for municipal partition in Cyprus, set out in the Surridge Report.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he has now received from the Governor of Nyasaland a report on his discussions with the federal authorities about responsibility for...
Mr. Dugdale: asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies the conditions under which permits are given to Africans in Nyasaland to hold public meetings since the new Police Ordinance of...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will now make a statement about the future constitution of Nyasaland.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he has considered the Report of the Committee on African Adult Education in Nyasaland, 1958; to what extent the carrying out of its...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will recommend to the Government of Tanganyika the making of a declaration on lines similar to that made by the Kenya Government, that it is...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what form of investigation is being carried out by the Governor of Tanganyika into the situation in the sisal industry, following the recent series...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how many Africans have died from dysentery, pneumonia and diarrhoea since 20th December, 1958, among those who were transferred from their homes to...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what decision has been made about the future of the African Welfare Training Centre at Mindolo, Northern Rhodesia; and if he will make a statement.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will make a statement concerning the present employment and security aspects of the problem of refugees in Hong Kong.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will give the reasons for the closing of the Mountain Lead Mines in Hong Kong; and what are the prospects of these mines being reopened.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what is the present political and economic condition of British Guiana.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies when it is anticipated that operations will begin for the projected new town in the Aden Protectorate; and to what extent the Protectorate rulers...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how much public and private capital has been lost in Gambia since 1945 arising from abortive public and private economic enterprise; what further...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what reply has been given to the official representations made by the Somali National Front, the National United Front of British Somaliland and the...
asked the Prime Minister how many new factories are likely to be established in the North-East as a result of Government plans made in the light of evidence submitted to him during his recent...
asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of the difficulties with the Common Market Plan and the need for expanding trade, he will, in Moscow, explore the possibility of reaching agreement for...
asked the Prime Minister what plans he has for visiting the British Trade Fair to be held in Lisbon next May.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies to what extent it is now Government policy that the Gambia and the British Cameroons should be absorbed into adjacent French territories and if he...
(by Private Notice) asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has any statement to make about his negotiations with the representatives of the Greek and Turkish Governments...
May I ask the Prime Minister whether he will state the business of the House for next week?
Bill to postpone the coming into force of new valuation lists under Part III of the Local Government Act, 1948, and to restrict proposals for altering the current lists; to postpone the date as...
Bill to amend the law relating to the restriction of vexatious actions, presented by Mr. Doughty; supported by Sir Lionel Heald, Mr. Eric Fletcher, Mr. Rippon, Sir Patrick Spens, Mr. Weitzman,...
3.53 p.m.
Resolution reported,That for the purposes of any Act of the present Session to make provision for the regulation of certain installations capable of emitting ionising radiations, it is expedient...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Brooman-White.]
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