Wednesday, 18 February 1959
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Second Reading deferred till Monday next.
Read a Second time and committed.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if in view of the progress made by the French Government in the production of a hydrogen bomb and the preparations for testing it, Her Majesty's...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he has now completed his discussions with other Western Governments on the reunification of Germany; and what proposals he intends to put...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to what extent Her Majesty's Government now accepts the Potsdam Agreement as a basis for discussing the provisions of a German Peace Treaty.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, in view of the unanimous protest passed by the Dortmund City Council against the projected establishment of a British military rocket base within...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs for what reason Herr Alfred Krupp has been allowed another year in which to carry out the terms of the 1953 Deconcentration Agreement, under which...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (1) to what extent, in preparation for exploring the Soviet point of view in Moscow, he has considered the official Soviet proposals for making...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what exchanges have taken place since the signature of the Austrian Peace Treaty between the signatory Powers and the Austrian Government with...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will make a further statement about negotiations with Iceland over the fishing limits and territorial waters.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will make a statement on recent diplomatic negotiations concerning the future of Cyprus.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to what extent in the discharge of its obligations to protect Kuwait, it is the policy of Her Majesty's Government to give assistance to the Ruler...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will state the policy of Her Majesty's Government with regard to the achievement of international co-operation on the experimental...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, following the sale of arms to the former Government of Cuba, he will now review the general principle followed by Government Departments...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what discussions have been held with the Government of Israel in regard to co-operating with that Government in constructing an oil pipeline from...
Mr. Philips Price: asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will state the principal decisions, both military and economic, reached by the countries adhering to the Bagdad...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs the estimated value of the abandoned British claim in respect of the Suez base seized by Egypt; and the amount Egypt claimed for war damage in the...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs the value of arms supplied to Cuba during 1958; and how much of the said amount is still owing.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he is aware of the continued discrimination against Protestant British subjects in Spain; and if he will make a further protest to the Spanish...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs the value of the recent gift of 655 tons of arms made to the Sudan by Her Majesty's Government.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what recent reports he has received from the British Ambassadors in Rome and Vienna on the discussions between the Italian and Austrian...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will make a statement on the progress made at the Geneva Conferences on the discontinuance of nuclear tests and the provision of...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what consultations have taken place with the Italian Government in respect of future association after 1960 between Italian Somaliland and the...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he is aware of the official complaints of the North Vietnam authorities that there were 15 shipments of war materials into South Vietnam from...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what visits have been made by the Control Commission in Vietnam to the prison at Phu Loi.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he is aware that a recent report of the International Control Commission in Vietnam announced that it had been possible to arrange for the...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether his attention has been drawn to the recent successful financial outcome to the visit of the President of the Argentine to the United...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs the outcome of the proposal by President Eisenhower for a twelve-Power conference to ensure international co-operation in Antarctica for peaceful...
asked the Minister of Labour what steps have been taken further to encourage both sides of industry to get together on the question of juvenile employment; how far local apprenticeship committees...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that a five-day Careers Festival was held recently in Coventry, aimed at giving senior children in Coventry schools an opportunity of learning...
asked the Minister of Labour how many teenagers are signing on at the employment exchanges at the nearest convenient date; and what steps he is taking to find employment for them.
asked the Minister of Labour what progress has been made in revising the Dock Regulations, 1934.
With permission, Mr. Speaker, I would like to make a statement. I feel that the House would wish me to say a few words to express our deep regret at the accident which took place last night...
I beg to give notice that on Friday, 6th March, I shall call attention to the Reports of the National Advisory Committee on the Employment of Older Men and Women, and move a Resolution.
I beg to give notice that on Friday, 6th March, I shall call attention to the current road programme and the need to relieve traffic congestion by the provision of urban motorways, and move a...
I beg to give notice that on Friday, 6th March, I shall call attention to the industrial situation in Lancashire, and move a Resolution.
Bill to empower the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Secretary of State to make provision by regulations as to the payment of improvement grants under the Hill Farming and...
Proceedings on the House Purchase and Housing Bill exempted, at this day's Sitting, from the provisions of Standing Order No. 1 (Sittings of the House).— [Mr. Redmayne.]
Considered in Committee [Progress, 4th February].
3.37 p.m.
I beg to move, in page 11, line 38, at the beginning to insert: Subject to subsection (6) of this section". As this is a paving Amendment, it may be convenient also to consider the Amendment: In...
5.15 p.m.
I beg to move, in page 8, line 36, at the beginning to insert: Subject to subsection (5) of this section". If it suits the convenience of the Committee, I think that this Amendment might be taken...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That the Clause stand part of the Bill.
Amendments made: In page 12, line 44, leave out "fifty" and insert "fifty-five".
I beg to move, in page 13, line 40, at the beginning, to insert: (1) Where, at any time within three years after the making of a standard grant in respect of a dwelling, an application for an...
I beg to move, in page 14, line 7, to leave out subsection (2). As I understand the Bill, subsection (2) proposes to change the term of years in Section 114 (1) of the Housing (Scotland) Act,...
I beg to move, in page 17, line 13, to leave out "Section four" and to insert" Sections four and five". We are concerned here with the question of what houses shall be taken to be unfit for...
(1) During a period of fifteen years after the making of a standard grant under this Part of this Act to a person in respect of a dwelling, section six of the Housing Act, 1957, (which prescribes...
I beg to move, in page 21, line 11, at the end to insert: and in subsection (4), the words from 'shall not be made' to 'such an advance' and the words from 'In the case' to the end of the...
I beg to move, as an Amendment to the Title, in line 2, to leave out "approved" and insert "designated". This and the next Amendment to the Title both follow upon Amendments that have been...
Motion made, and Question proposed. That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. J. E. B. Hill]
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