Monday, 23 March 1959
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Queen's Consent, on behalf of the Crown, signified.
Read a Second time and committed.
I have been asked by the Trustees of the British Museum to present a Petition, which they have annually to submit to this House, explaining the financial position and praying for aid. The...
I have the honour to present a Petition signed by half a million people—I could carry only 100,000 copies; the other 400,000 are lodged with the bank—regarding the copyright of the...
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how the number of staff employed in his Department now compares with the numbers employed by the Ministries of Agriculture and Fisheries and...
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what immediate plans he has for the more effective eradication of the warble fly which harasses cattle in the summer months and causes...
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he will introduce legislation for the purpose of standardising the temperature of chilled egg.
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many farmers in each of the Welsh counties up to the latest convenient date have submitted applications under the Agriculture (Small...
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what steps he is taking to ensure that adequate steps will be taken to train an increased number of skilled workers for the agricultural...
Mr. Slater: asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is the present rate of interest charged under Section 54 of the Agriculture Act, 1947, which deals with loans for working...
Mr. Slater: asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what restrictions are still in force on local authorities regarding the acquisition of land for the creation of new holdings;...
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what decision has been reached in respect of the future of the £300,000 worth of Polish potatoes, the import of which was contemplated,...
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the percentages of uninspected meat for human consumption coming out of slaughterhouses inside and outside county boroughs, respectively, at...
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will now make a statement on the arrange- ments under which Irish cattle will he allowed to enter Great Britain when tuberculosis has...
asked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance what provision is made for giving assistance to those who are destitute and homeless and who cannot give an address.
asked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance what was the percentage of the married pensioners' 42s. in October, 1946, compared with the prevailing average earnings of men in October,...
asked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance whether he now has any proposals to help elderly war widows.
asked the Paymaster-General if he will give a general direction to the National Coal Board that any reduction in its non-industrial staff shall not be applied in the same proportion to research...
asked the Paymaster-General what will be the estimated compensation payable this year to the former owners of coal mines scheduled for closure in 1959; and whether he will take steps to ensure...
asked the Paymaster-General what plans he has made to arrest the declining demand for coal during 1959.
asked the Paymaster-General what estimate he has made of the manpower requirements of the coal industry for the remaining period of 1959.
asked the Paymaster-General if he will make a statement on the present level of undistributed coal stocks.
asked the Paymaster-General if he will make a statement on the prospects for the export trade in coal.
asked the Paymaster-General if the Government will open discussions with the European Coal and Steel Community and the appropriate American authorities on the present coal situation in Western Europe.
asked the Paymaster-General if he has yet given any general direction to indicate which area gas boards will pioneer the use of liquid methane.
asked the Paymaster-General what general directions he has given with a view to bringing closer liaison between the National Coal Board, the Central Electricity Authority and the Gas Council.
asked the Minister of Supply what progress has been made in disposing of the 1,250,000 pairs of surplus boots from the War Department.
asked the Minister of Supply what steps he is taking to further the development of the system of fog dispersal, originally developed on his behalf at the Battersea College of Technology.
asked the Minister of Supply if he is now in a position to make a further statement about the disposal of the Royal Ordnance factory at Swynnerton.
asked the Minister of Supply how many aircraft are now being held by his Department; to what extent they are being fully utilised; and how far he visualises a rundown in the number held during...
asked the Minister of Supply, in view of the financial losses suffered by his Department on recent research and development of aero-engines, airframes, the Sea Vixen and the development of a new...
asked the Minister of Supply (1) to what extent the form of contract commonly agreed by his Department for the development of an aero-engine includes a penalty clause to be applied when the...
asked the Minister of Health what has been the response from local authorities to his request to them to consider taking appropriate action, as part of their health education arrangements, to...
Mr. Gresham Cooke: asked the Minister of Health if he will make a statement on new proposals for the pay of nurses and midwives.
asked the Minister of Health what standards are now used for calculating the needs of an area for acute, chronic and maternity hospital beds per 1,000 of the population.
asked the Minister of Health in view of the need to reduce expenditure on drugs, what directions he has given to hospital authorities on purchases of patented varieties of aspirin; and in what...
asked the Minister of Health if he will state the number of qualified psychiatric social workers employed in the United Kingdom, the proportions employed by hospital and local health authorities,...
asked tae Minister of Health if he is aware that patients in pain in Scunthorpe are kept waiting for a month before waiting for an appointment with an orthopaedic consultant; and what steps he...
I wish to inform the House that I have received a despatch from the Governor of Nyasaland giving details of the situation in the Protectorate leading up to the declaration of the state of...
With your permission, Mr. Speaker, and that of the House, I should like to make a short statement. In moving the Central Land Board (Dissolution and Transfer of Functions) Order, 1959, on...
Commander Anthony Tosswill Courtney, O.B.E., for Harrow, East.
Proceedings on the Town and Country Planning Bill exempted, at this day's Sitting, from the provisions of Standing Order No. 1 (Sittings of the House).—[Mr. R. A. Butler.]
Order for consideration, as amended (in the Standing Committee), read.
I beg to move, in page 2, line 34, to leave out "by the acquiring authority". If it would suit the convenience of the Committee, I suggest that this Amendment should be discussed with the...
I beg to move, in page 4, line 13, to leave out from the beginning to the end of line 42.
I beg to move, in page 11, line 10, after "section", to insert: and the provisions of section (Global assessments) of this Act". It would probably be helpful if we could discuss with this...
I beg to move, in page 20, line 41, to leave out from "land" to the end of line 43 and to insert: that amount shall be increased by an amount equal to the compensation, if any, which would he...
I beg to move, in page 46, line 36, at the end to insert: (c) is land indicated in a development plan (otherwise than by being allocated or defined as mentioned in the last preceding paragraph)...
Amendment made: In page 51, line 25, leave out from "authorities" to "shall". —[Mr. Hay.]
I beg to move, in page 55, line 18, at the beginning to insert: Subject to the provisions of subsection (7) of section (Increase of certain Exchequer grants) of this Act". I propose to move this...
(1) Where a notice to treat was served before the sixth day of August, nineteen hundred and forty-seven, by a public authority possessing compulsory purchase powers, and— (a) the...
Where in accordance with the provisions of the Housing Act, 1957, compensation in respect of the dwelling houses in a clearance area falls to be determined on the basis of the site value thereof...
(1) The provision of this section shall have effect for enabling compensation to be claimed in respect of planning decisions made after the commencement of this Act whereby permission for the...
Amendments made: In page 63, line 43, leave out from "paragraph" to "appropriate" in line 44.
Amendment made: In line 13, leave out "and contributions."—[Mr. Brooke.]
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.— [Colonel J. H. Harrison.]
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