Tuesday, 3 March 1959
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
For Norfolk, South-West, in the room of Sidney Dye, esquire, deceased.—[Mr. Bowden.]
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs if he is aware that workers engaged in Trafford Park, Manchester, on night shift are complaining of noxious...
Mr. H. Wilson: asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs, in view of the fact that the Prescot Urban District Council has been informed that it has no...
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs what advice he has received from the Clean Air Council, in connection with abating the pollution of the air, as...
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs why the new procedure for public inquiries announced on 28th February, 1958, relating to reports of inspectors on...
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs what experiments are taking place in this country in the treatment and disposal of sewage by new methods,...
Mrs. Butler: asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs whether, in the interests of clean air, he will ask local authorities which have established...
Mrs. Butler: asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs what consideration he has given to control of the location of premises used for car sales by...
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs if he has considered the publication issued by the Department of Health for Scotland entitled "Design for Safety...
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs when the Trowbridge Urban District Council can expect a decision on its appeal relating to the development of the...
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs why he did not revoke the consent given by the planning authority to the erection of the unsightly school...
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs when he expects to announce his decision on the application of Mr. Erno Goldfinger for planning permission to...
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs what decision he has taken upon the inspector's report upon the public inquiry into the application of...
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs what action he proposes to take upon the representations he has received from the Urban District Councils'...
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs the cost to his Department of the inquiry into the appeal against the Sheffield Corporation's decision not to...
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs if he will institute an inquiry in Salford, in some other industrial city, or nationally, into the number of...
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs whether he is aware that some corporations, empowered to advance money on mortgages under the Small Dwellings...
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs whether, in view of the requirements of the Sunderland County Borough Council for new housing, he will reconsider...
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs why he has refused to grant a dispensation to members of the Walsall Borough Council who are tenants of council...
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs whether he has yet replied to the request of the Newcastle housing authority for an increased allocation of...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will give details of the system of water rationing now in force on Ascension Island.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies why a curfew is imposed on St. Helenians employed on Ascension Island.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies when an economic survey of Mauritius will be carried out.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will ensure that the opposition parties in Mauritius have a fair proportion of broadcasting time over the local radio compared with...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will make a statement about the progress of urban African house building in Nairobi.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how many trade unions were dissolved in Singapore in 1958; how many have appealed against the dissolution; what were the reasons for dissolving the...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what progress is being made in appointing suitable Africans to the Administrative Department of Zanzibar; and if he will state the number of Africans...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what consideration lie has given to the plans for expanding secondary education in Zanzibar, particularly for African girls; and if he will state the...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will make a statement on the disturbances in Aden that preceded and followed the elections to the Legislative Council in January.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what representations he has received from the Aden Trades Union Congress, the International Confederation of Free Trades Unions, and the British...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether any decision has yet been reached by the Nyasaland Government regarding the future of European agriculture.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will make a further statement on the situation in Nyasaland.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies the value of educational text books imported last year into Hong Kong from Taiwan and China, respectively.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how many Kenyan Africans have been arrested, up to 31st December, 1958, for offences connected with the newly-formed K.K.M. movement; and, of those...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what support is being given by Her Majesty's Government to the commission appointed by the Jamaican Government to consider the marketing of bananas.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will make a statement on developments in Malta following the suspension of the constitution providing for the election of a Parliament; and...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies when the bans on the activities of political and other organisations in Cyprus will be lifted; and when trade unions will be permitted to function freely.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how many students of British Somaliland are receiving secondary school and university education, respectively, in the United Kingdom, Somaliland, or...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what further developments have taken place in Uganda in respect of the political claims of Buganda.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how many applications for land on the shore of the new Kariba Lake have been received by the Kariba Lake Co-ordinating Committee; and, of these, how...
On a point of order. May I have your advice, Mr. Speaker, on a matter of procedure on Questions? On Wednesday of last week I submitted two Questions, one to the President of the Board of Trade...
On a point of order. I submitted to you, Mr. Speaker, a Private Notice Question—
I have a short statement to make on business. Arrangements have been made, following discussions through the usual channels, for the Opposition Motion relating to the Prohibition of Entry into a...
Since the statement of my hon. Friend the Under-Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations, on Friday, 27th February, the situation in Nyasaland has continued tense. The airstrip at Fort Hill...
Mr. Speaker, I rise on a separate point, namely, to call your attention to a breach of Privilege, which, in my submission, has taken place owing to the arrest of my hon. Friend the Member for...
Ordered,That this day the Business of Supply may be taken after Ten o'clock and shall be exempted from the provisions of Standing Order No. 1 (Sittings of the House) for Two Hours after Ten...
[4TH ALLOTTED DAY]
Motion made, and Question proposed,That a number of Land Forces, not exceeding 351,000, all ranks, be maintained for the safety of the United Kingdom and the defence of the possessions of Her...
7.0 p.m.
Again considered in Committee.
Original Question again proposed.
Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Bryan.]
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