Thursday, 5 March 1959
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Second Reading deferred till Thursday next.
asked the Under-Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations if he will discuss with the African Advisory Council in Bechuanaland the extension to the Bangwaketse and Bakwena tribes of the...
asked the Under-Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations what progress has been made in the establishment of a Legislative Council for Bechuanaland.
asked the Under-Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations the present political position in Bechuanaland; what constitutional developments are being considered; how many Africans now occupy...
asked the Under-Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations what action is being taken to extend to Swaziland proposals for the establishment of a Legislative Council such as have been agreed...
asked the Under-Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations what information he has about the arrest of Mr. Clutton Brock, a citizen of the United Kingdom, in Southern Rhodesia.
asked the Minister of Education his reasons for approving the proposal of the Somerset Education Committee to close the Church of England School at Combe Florey, Taunton.
asked the Minister of Education in which counties teachers have been accommodated by the county councils; and what is the number of teachers so accommodated by each such council.
asked the Minister of Education approximately how many schoolchildren under the Essex Education Authority went on school tours to the Continent in 1958; and how many joined school holiday parties...
asked the Minister of Education the estimated cost to be met by the Catholic community in respect of the Roman Catholic schools to be built in Sunderland within the next five years according to...
asked the Minister of Education if he will pay the premiums of an approved insurance policy against accidents incurred during their studies on behalf of holders of State scholarships and...
asked the Minister of Education what action he will take on the offer of the Development Corporation of the new town of Harlow to make their offices available for use as a teachers' training college.
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that one of the oldest-established firms in Elland, R. and J. Holroyd, Limited, cotton spinners and doublers, Springwood Mills,...
asked the President of the Board of Trade the name of the factory project in Peterhead to which he recently gave his approval; the name of the Government-financed factory in Aberdeen whose...
asked the President of the Board of Trade what steps he has been taking to induce new and expanding industries in Batley and Morley to move to other parts of the country.
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he is aware that the award of a contract to Messrs. C. & A. Parsons by the Tennessee Valley Authority is to be made the subject of an...
asked the President of the Board of Trade, in connection with his decision to permit the flower bulb quotas for 1959–60 to be increased from £3,445,000 to £3,745,000, to what...
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will publish a table showing the imports of flax goods for the past three years and the countries of origin.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is aware that a miniature pottery dish is subject to Purchase Tax at 15 per cent. whereas an equivalent article with a groove for a cigarette, a...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he is now able to announce a favourable decision on the application by the Inchgreen Investigating Company Limited for financial assistance in the...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will initiate legislation to assimilate the tax liability of the owner-occupier of a residential house with that of the owner-occupier of a residential...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the total amount of post-war credits now owing at the latest convenient date; and the present-day purchasing power of £100 of post-war credits owing...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will make a statement on the recent representations he has received from the Municipal Passenger Transport Association and several local...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how many Africans from Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland have been detained by the Southern Rhodesian Government following the recent ban on the...
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food to what extent the increase of 8,000,000 in poultry numbers, shown in December, 1958, agricultural returns, is attributable to the expansion...
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what representations he has received regarding the draft Ice Cream Regulations; and whether he will allow adequate time for further...
asked the Prime Minister what proportion of the income of the Atomic Energy Authority is derived from public funds.
asked the Prime Minister whether he has now considered the paper on environmental radioactivity, by the Coventry city analyst, read to the Warwickshire Clean Air Council, a copy of which has been...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if, in view of the numbers of people, especially children, who are burned to death in their homes, he will as a matter of urgency consider...
May I ask the Leader of the House whether he will state the business for next week?
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...
[5TH ALLOTTED DAY]
Motion made, and Question proposed,That a number of officers, airmen and airwomen, not exceeding 180,000, all ranks, be maintained for Air Force Service, during the year ending on the 31st day of...
Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Bryan.]
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