Tuesday, 24 March 1959
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Bill to confirm a Provisional Order relating to the Colne Valley Sewerage Board, presented by Mr. Henry Brooke; read the First time; and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills...
asked the Minister of Works what action he now proposes to take over the future of Nos. 10, 11 and 12 Downing Street.
asked the Minister of Works how many office buildings are owned by his Department in the Greater London area; for what purposes they are used; and how many people are employed in them.
asked the Minister of Works on how many new buildings work has been started by his Department since 1st January, 1957; what is the purpose of these buildings; how many have been completed; by...
asked the Minister of Works whether he will ensure that the Union flag on the Victoria Tower of the Palace of Westminster is reasonably clean and is flown close up and not slightly dipped as on...
asked the Minister of Works the estimated cost of manning the lift serving the basement, the ground floor, the Library floor, the Committee floor and the upper Committee floor from 7 p.m. until...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Works, as representing the Lord President of the Council, what help has been given by the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research to...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Works, as representing the Lord President of the Council, what advice the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research has to offer to...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Works, as representing the Lord President of the Council, whether a review has yet been made as to which Department should control the Road...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Works, as representing the Lord President of the Council, what research is being carried out in regard to controlling the emission of diesel...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he is now in a position to announce his decision with regard to Eyemouth Harbour.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he is aware that the Scottish detective training school functions for only four weeks each year; and whether he will consider setting up this school...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many schemes of rehabilitation were suspended in 1952; and how many are now sanctioned under Section 3 of the Distribution of Industry Act, 1945.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland, in view of the representations made to him about the probable effects which the proposed new regulations of the Scottish Universities Entrance Board...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what consideration he has given to the introduction of a 40 miles per hour speed limit on selected stretches of road in Scotland of similar type to those...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make a statement on the plan for building a modern road system through the east of Scotland; and how soon he expects the task to be completed.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will consider issuing the Scottish Digest of Statistics quarterly instead of half-yearly as at present.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what estimate he has made of the effect in Scotland of the reduction of the guarantee for eggs.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make a statement on the arrangements, prices, etc., for the coming herring season in the North and on the prospects of finding continental markets.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what action he proposes to take about the new ordinary grade examination and the recommendations of the Working Party on the Curriculum of the Senior...
asked the President of the Board of Trade what representations he has received from tenants of factories in Welsh industrial estates regarding future rentals; and if he will make a statement.
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is now in a position to make a statement concerning his investigations into the Russian desire for long-term trade credits.
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether, arising out of the meeting held at Lichfield on 13th July, 1951, attended by a representative of his Department who agreed that there was a case...
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will authorise the erection of an advance factory on the Isle of Sheppey.
asked the President of the Board of Trade if, as a result of his investigation, he will now say whether one or both of the factories used by Wickman, Limited, Hillington, will be closed.
asked the President of the Board of Trade what steps he has taken in the past three months to bring new industry to Ayrshire.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is aware that, in general, all those British industries whose products are subjected to high rates of Purchase Tax such as 60 per cent. and 30 per...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many appeals to the General Commissioners against assessment to Income Tax under Schedule A have been made and heard, respectively, during each of the...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the amount of money provided in loans and grants by the United Kingdom since the end of the war in 1945 to other members of the Commonwealth, to the Colonial...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer his estimate of the cost of repaying post-war credits to those persons who are 60 years of age or more and whose credits are £50 or less.
asked the Prime Minister whether he will introduce amending legislation to the Parliament Act, 1911, substituting four years for five as the maximum duration of Parliament.
asked the Prime Minister on how many occasions during the current year he has given permission for a Minister's wife to travel on an official mission with her husband at the public expense; and...
asked the Prime Minister whether he will arrange with the leaders of the political parties to have discussions concerning the procedure to be adopted on televising political activities connected...
asked the Prime Minister which authority in this country is responsible for monitoring the radiation accumulated by high-flying aircraft; how regularly tests are conducted; to what extent...
asked the Prime Minister whether he is satisfied that the present system of supplying natural uranium for use in nuclear power stations, involving immediate payment for the fuel and a refund when...
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs if he is aware of the hardship caused to small business people in or on the verge of clearance areas who lose...
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs whether the promised survey of the working of the existing arrangements for the making up of private streets has...
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs if he will state, and give short particulars of, the main classes of public works so far approved in Wales for...
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs if, in view of the fact that the River Colne between Rickmansworth and Denham, which is now largely sewage, is...
It has been decided to set up a Commission of Inquiry into recent events in Nyasaland. The terms of reference will be To inquire into the recent disturbances in Nyasaland and the events leading...
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.]
[As amended (in the Standing Committee and on recommittal) considered.]
(1) For the purpose of assessing compensation in respect of any compulsory acquisition to which section one of this Act applies, such one or more of the assumptions mentioned in sections two and...
(1) The provisions of Part 1 of this Act, and of the First, Second, Third and Sixth Schedules thereto, apply in relation to the acquisition of interest in land (whether compulsorily or by...
I think that the hon. and learned Member for Kettering (Mr. Mitchison) will remember that at an earlier stage of our consideration of the Bill he took the opportunity of pointing out that Clause...
I beg to move, in page 4, line 29, to leave out first "be" and to insert "have been". I think it would be for the convenience of the Committee if we could also take the Amendments in page 4,...
I beg to move, in page 6, line 5, at the end to insert: Provided that, if the said first-mentioned authority is the local planning authority, any application for a certificate under this section...
Would it be convenient for the hon. Member for Edinburgh, East (Mr. Willis) to take the Amendment in page 8, line 29, with the two following Amendments, in line 38, to leave out "both" and to...
Amendments made: In page 9, line 7, after "prescribing", insert: (subject to the provisions of subsection (4) of section four of this Act".
I beg to move, in page 13, line 10, to leave out from "to" to the end of line 14 and to insert: the fact that (whether by way of designation, allocation or other particulars contained in the...
I beg to move, in page 16, line 29, at the end to insert: Provided that this subsection shall not apply if, before the end of the said period of one year, the acquiring authority have exercised a...
I beg to move, in page 29, line 15, at the end to insert: (a) land shall not be sold or let for a term exceeding ninety-nine years except to an authority to whom the Act of 1919 applies or with...
I beg to move, in page 32, line 31, to leave out "one hundred pounds" and to insert "the relevant limit". If you agree, Mr. Deputy-Speaker, I think that it will be convenient to take the next...
I beg to move, in page 45, line 15, at the end to insert: (d) the local planning authority may decline to deal with the application if it is of opinion that the applicant has no legal or...
Amendment proposed: In page 47, line 17, leave out "(d)" and insert "(f)".—[Mr. Bevins.]
I beg to move, in page 52, line 30, at the end to insert: (2) Section fifty-two of the Act of 1954 shall also have effect, and shall be deemed always to have had effect, as if the following...
I beg to move, in page 54, line 30, to leave out Clause 39. This is the Clause which was replaced by the second new Clause on the Notice Paper.
I beg to move, in page 55, line 10, to leave out "section" and to insert "sections." It might be convenient if, with this Amendment, we discussed the following Amendment in the same line. This...
Amendment made: In page 56, line 15, at end insert: authority to whom the Act of 1919 applies" means a government department or local or public authority within the meaning of that Act, or a...
10.45 p.m.
I beg to move, in page 77, line 48, at the end to insert: and in paragraph (c) of the proviso to that subsection, after the word 'authority' there shall be inserted the words 'or statutory...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. E. Wakefield.]
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