Tuesday, 10 March 1959
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
As amended, considered; to be read the Third time.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what choices the people of the Southern British Cameroons will be given in any plebiscite to determine their future that may be held in the immediate...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies (1) in view of the numbers recently engaged in illicit diamond mining, what steps the Government of Sierra Leone are taking to increase the...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what decision has been reached by the Government of Sierra Leone on the recent suggestion of the People's National Party that an all-party...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies to what extent, in framing his new policy for Somaliland, he took as his criterion the interests of the people of the Protectorate.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what progress has been made in extending the runway at Hong Kong airport and providing navigational aids and new terminal buildings.
asked the Secretary at State for the Colonies how free the Governor of Malta will be, under the new arrangements for direct rule, to invite to serve on the Governor's Council persons with...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies on what basis the contract was given to the Royal Netherlands Harbour Works Limited for the construction of a new deep-water wharf to be built at...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies when the West Indies Permanent Exhibition was opened in Bruton Street; how many people have visited it since that date; and what steps he is taking...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if, in view of fruit licensing restrictions by the New Zealand Government and the difficulties which may be caused by the European Common Market for...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what medical posts in the British West Indies calling for recruitment from Great Britain remain unfilled at the latest available date.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what are the terms of the agreement granting to the West Indies technical aid from the United States of America and signed in the week ended 28th...
Mr. Hoyle: asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies for what purpose the anti-submarine frigate, H.M.S. "Ulster", put into St. George's Bay, Grenada, West Indies, early in February.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what financial or other help Her Majesty's Government proposes to offer to the Government of Tanganyika, in view of that country's deficit of...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what steps he is taking to reinforce the forces of law and order in Tanganyika.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he is now in a position to give details of the plans announced by the specially-elected members of the Kenya Legislative Council to build a...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies why the assistant chief secretary of the Kenya Government was unable to give the reason for the refusal of the Immigration Department to endorse the...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what proposals were made by the eight non-official members of the Kenya Legislative council appointed to examine the progress of land consolidation;...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the Kenya Government have yet introduced legislation to set up machinery for determining statutory minimum wages in agriculture; and to what...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will make a further statement about the disturbances in Nyasaland.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what are the qualifications required by members of the staff of the Co-operative Department of Nyasaland; what are the numbers of Africans and...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what methods are used to recruit labour in Nyasaland for work outside the territory; and what encouragement is given by the Government to those methods.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies (1) if he will make a statement on the arrest and treatment by the police of the African janitor of the Church of Scotland Mission School, Blantyre,...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how many persons have now been detained under the emergency regulations promulgated in Nyasaland; how many of such persons have been removed out of...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will advise the Governor of Nyasaland to follow the precedent set in the Gold Coast in 1948 by appointing a commission of inquiry to inquire...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will state the date and time of the receipt by the Governor of Nyasaland of the information which caused him to declare a state of emergency...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will make a statement about his visit to Aden.
Mrs. Butler: asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what price per pint of milk is paid in Kampala and the surrounding district; what is the average daily wage of the population; and what...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what is the average weekly wage paid to Africans working on the Kariba dam scheme in Northern Rhodesia; what were the causes of the recent strike;...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if in view of the amnesty given to all internees and others in Cyprus, he will consult the Archbishop Makarios with a view to securing that the...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what negotiations or discussions he has had concerning the future nationality of Cypriots at present employed in the United Kingdom.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies to what extent the terrorist leader Grivas has been in personal contact with the authorities in Cyprus in connection with his safe conduct from that...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies to what extent leaders in Cyprus are being protected by bodyguards who are not Government servants or members of the security forces.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what discussions he had with Archbishop Makarios during his visit to London concerning the authenticity of the Grivas diaries; and if it is now...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what facilities are available in Cyprus for the employment or re-employment of released detainees; and what are the latest available unemployment...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies w hat percentage of people in Hong Kong and Singapore are suffering from tuberculosis; what is the death rate; and, in view of the satisfactory...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will make a statement about the activities of the Carnegie Corporation and the Ford and Rockfeller Foundations in British Dominions, Colonies,...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how many Africans from Nyasaland are living in Southern Rhodesia, both permanently and as migratory labourers.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what proposals for federation or closer association of British North Borneo, Brunei, and Sarawak have been under recent consideration; for what...
Ordered,That this day Business other than the Business of Supply may be taken before Ten o'clock.—[Mr. R. A. Butler.]
[7TH ALLOTTED DAY]
Motion made, and Question proposed,That a sum, not exceeding £125,260,000, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray expense of the pay etc., of the Army, which will come in course of payment...
Motion made, and Question proposed,That a sum, not exceeding £18,210,000, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the expense of the Reserve Forces (to a number not exceeding 371,500, all...
Motion made, and Question proposed,That a sum, not exceeding £43,540,000, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the expense of supplies, etc., which will come in course of payment during the...
Motion made and Question proposed. That a sum, not exceeding £53,680,000, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the expense of stores, which will come in course of payment during the year...
Motion made, and Question proposed,That a sum, not exceeding £30,230,000, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the expense of works, buildings and lands, which will come in course of payment...
Motion made, and Question proposed,That a sum, not exceeding £5,840,000, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the expense of miscellaneous effective services, including a grant in aid to the...
Motion made, and Question proposed,That a sum, not exceeding £36,980,000, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the expense of non-effective services, which will come in course of payment...
Motion made, and Question proposed,That a sum, not exceeding £100, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the expense of certain additional married quarters, which will come in course of...
Resolved,That a supplementary sum, not exceeding,, 9900,010, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of March,...
Motion made, and Question proposed,That a sum, not exceeding £64,899,000, he granted to Her Majesty, to defray the expense of the pay, etc of the Royal Navy and Royal Marines, which will...
Motion made, and Question proposed,That a sum, not exceeding £12,794,000, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the expense of victualling and clothing for the Navy, including the cost of...
Resolved,That a sum, not exceeding £17,805,000, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the expense of scientific services, including a grant in aid to the National Institute of Oceanography,...
Motion made, and Question proposed. That a sum, not exceeding £12,941,000, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the expense of works, buildings and repairs at home and abroad, including the...
Motion made, and Question proposed,That a sum, not exceeding £8,324,000, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the expense of various miscellaneous effective services, which will come in...
Motion made, and Question proposed,That a sum, not exceeding £27,127,000, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the expense of non-effective services, which will come in course of payment...
Motion made, and Question proposed. That a sum, not exceeding £16,900, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the expense of the Directorate of Merchant Shipbuilding and Repairs and of certain...
Motion made, and Question proposed,That a sum, not exceeding £100, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the expense of certain additional married quarters at home, which will come in course...
Motion made, and Question proposed,That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £42,200,000, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year...
Motion made, and Question proposed,That a sum. not exceeding £109,200,000, he granted to Her Majesty, to defray the expense of the pay, &c., of the Air Force, which will come in...
Motion made, and Question proposed,That a sum, not exceeding £1,139,900, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the expense of the reserve and auxiliary services (to a number not exceeding...
Motion made, and Question proposed,That a sum, not exceeding £213,850,000, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the expense of aircraft and stores, which will come in course of payment...
Motion made, and Question proposed,That a sum, not exceeeding £30,550,000, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the expense of works and lands, which will come in course of payment during...
Motion made, and Question proposed,That a sum, not exceeding £4,040,000, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the expense of miscellaneous effective services, including certain grants in aid...
Resolved,That a sum, not exceeding £100, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the expense of certain additional married quarters, which will come in course of payment during the year ending...
Resolved,That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £3,750,000, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ending on the 31st day of...
9.58 p.m.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Brooman-White.]
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