Monday, 13 April 1959
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
BRADFORD CORPORATION BILL
asked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance what is now the total number of widowed mothers with dependent children, the number of them receiving pensions and allowances as war widows,...
asked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance if he is aware that, owing to the present high cost of living, many old-age pensioners and widows are in want: and if he will state his plans...
asked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance if he will now take steps to make grants to old-age pensioners and old people on National Assistance for the purchase and operation of...
asked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance to what extent the repayments of post-war credits to persons receiving National Assistance will be disregarded in assessing resources for...
asked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance how many weekly National Assistance grants have been increased to provide for higher rents since the Rent Act came into operation; and what...
asked the Paymaster-General whether he is aware of the National Coal Board's policy of reorganisation of coke oven plants; and how many coke oven men are likely to be made redundant in consequence.
asked the Paymaster-General what proportion of capital investment to be made available to the National Coal Board will be used for the purpose of producing by-products in the county of Durham.
asked the Paymaster-General what directions have been given to the National Coal Board in relation to stocking policy, particularly in the matter of steel purchases.
asked the Paymaster-General what action the Government propose to take on the Report of the Weir Committee on co-operation between the electricity and gas industries.
asked the Minister of Supply if he will make a statement regarding the trial at Woomera of the rocket Black Knight.
The following Question stood upon the Order Paper:
asked the Minister of Health whether, in the light of the fatalities that occur from time to time on account of overdoses of drugs given to patients through the confusion on the part of nurses...
asked the Minister of Health what progress has been made in the discussions between his Department and representatives of the Society of Chiropodists and the Institute of Chiropodists about the...
asked the Minister of Health (1) whether he will amend the rule that only single-seater motor invalid carriages can be supplied; why a two-seater invalid car cannot be supplied; and why, when a...
asked the Minister of Health whether he will now arrange for ophthalmic opticians to contribute under the National Health Services Superannuation regulations in the same way as doctors and dentists.
asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware of the decline recently in the uptake of welfare foods. in particular orange juice and cod liver oil; what sums have been spent by the Government...
asked the Minister of Health, in view of the recent representations which have been made to him, including those by the hon. Member for Newcastle-upon-Tyne, East, if he will now take steps to...
asked the Minister of Health (1) how many persons have been employed during the past year at Iver Cottage Hospital, Buckinghamshire; and for what duties; (2) what is the present annual cost of...
asked the Minister of Health what new hospitals have been built in England and Wales since 1951; and what was the cost of each.
asked the Prime Minister, in view of the fact that plutonium and carbon 14 have been detected recently in fall-out in other countries, to what extent inspection is now being undertaken in Great...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he is aware that a German firm, K.T.G. of Frankfort, is advertising climatic pressure chambers for use in the manufacture of missiles; and if...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs why it has been decided to double the fee for renewal of passports from 10s. to £1; and why such short notice of the proposed increase was given.
asked the Minister of Labour if he will publish as a monthly index in the Ministry of Labour Gazette the ratio of registered wholly unemployed to notified unfilled vacancies, showing separately...
asked the Minister of Labour if he will give the numbers of unemployed men and women, respectively, who have been on the registers of the Coventry Employment Exchange for over six months at the...
asked the Minister of Labour on what grounds he has refused to permit foreign students to stay at Pingley Camp, near Brigg, with a view to taking temporary agricultural employment.
asked the Minister of Labour what percentage of ship-repair workers in Cardiff was unemployed on 1st April; and what prospects exist for fresh work being found.
asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will make arrangements in the information services to south-east Asia to revert to the practice, in operation before the Suez crisis, of...
asked the Postmaster-General what directions he has given to the British Broadcasting Corporation under Article 16 (4) of the Licence and to the Independent Television Authority under Section 9...
asked the Under-Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations what request he has had from the Maldivian Government to resume the negotiations, recently suspended by them, about the Royal Air...
Considered in Committee [Progress, 9th April].
Question again proposed, That it is expedient to amend the law with respect to the national debt and the public revenue and to make further provision in connection with finance, so, however, that...
3.31 p.m.
Order made by the Secretary of State for the Home Department extending Section 1 of the Sunday Entertainments Act, 1932, to the Borough of Penzance [copy laid before the House, 7th April],...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Bryan.]
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