Thursday, 23 April 1959
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Second Reading deferred till Thursday next.
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what estimate he has made of the numbers of wood-pigeons killed in the recent shoots arranged by county pests officers; and what was the cost...
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how the supplies of beef from home sources, Australia, and Argentina, during the first quarter of this year, have compared with supplies in...
Mr.s. Slater: asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he is yet in a position to state when further regulations are to be introduced on the staining of meat unfit for human...
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many local authorities in England and Wales have now nominated local food officers to supervise food control organisation in the event of war.
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he is aware of the concern felt by breeders of coloured pigs caused by the tendency on the part of the Pig Industry Development Authority...
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he will make a further statement on his discussions with the National Farmers' Union about assistance to horticulture.
asked the Under-Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations when it is proposed that the next Commonwealth Conference should meet.
asked the Under-Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations what arrangements he makes for ascertaining the views of this House with regard to Bills introduced into, and laws passed by, the...
asked the Under-Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations what representation was made to the Central African Government by Her Majesty's Government about the future composition of the...
asked the Under-Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations what official notification he has had from the Government of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland regarding recent measures to...
asked the Minister of Education how many schools still have earth closets.
asked the Minister of Education what action he has taken following his investigation of conditions at Kenbury School.
asked the Minister of Education (1) how many Bristol schools were damaged during the 12 major raids on the city during the last war; and how many school places such destruction represented; (2)...
asked the Minister of Education what criteria he has adopted for the selection of the Teachers' Panel of the Burnham Committee.
asked the Minister of Education what arrangements he makes for the education of a child qualified for secondary school education by age, ability and aptitude, whose parent or guardian refuses to...
asked the Minister of Education what advice he will give to local education authorities concerning candidates for the 11-plus examination who have been subjected to hypnosis, or have consumed...
asked the Minister of Education what steps, following the publication of the McMeeking Report, he is taking to promote commercial education and, in particular, to encourage day release of...
Mr. H. Wilson: asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if his attention has been drawn to recent sales to United States residents of a substantial part of the equity in British firms; and, in view...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what he estimates would be the loss of revenue in the present financial year if ship owners were permitted to write off the cost of a ship so soon as their...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what foreign exchange control he exercises in respect of United Kingdom companies setting up subsidiaries or factories in France, the Federal German...
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he is now in a position to make a statement on the proposal made by the Consumer Advisory Council of the British Standards Institution that an...
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he is aware of the employment position at Larkhall, Lanarkshire, where the total employment now existing is equal to substantially less than 50 per...
Mr. B. Harrison: asked the President of the Board of Trade how many restrictive trading agreements have been dissolved before being called before the Restrictive Trade Practices Court.
Mr. B. Harrison: asked the President of the Board of Trade what is the percentage increase in the total of the United Kingdom's exports and re-exports to Canada since 1951.
asked the President of the Board of Trade by what percentage British exports to Ghana have risen since 1951.
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will make a statement on the reorganisation of the cotton industry.
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will fulfil the recommendations of the report of the Committee under the chairmanship of Sir Cecil Weir on promoting exports.
asked the President of the Board of Trade what reply he has received from the United States Government to representations by the United Kingdom Government on the United States tariff quota on...
asked the President of the Board of Trade where in the Merseyside area the Government advance factory is to be sited; and how many workers the factory could employ if fully utilised.
asked the Prime Minister if he has now considered further the extent to which existing procedures are satisfactory for investigating such matters as the Waters case; and if he will make a statement.
asked the Prime Minister whether he is aware that there is doubt regarding the application of the Representation of the People Act to arrangements for allocating television broadcasting between...
asked the Prime Minister what steps he has taken to inform the German Chancellor in reply to his recent official representations, of the increasing concern felt in this country at the symptoms of...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies (1) what consultations have taken place with the trade unions in Tanganyika about the application of the provisions of the Holidays with Pay...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies why the entry of Kenya Africans to Makerere College at post-school certificate stage has been cut from 97 in 1958 to 68 in 1959; what is to happen to...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he is aware that the only secondary schools in the Zanzibar Protectorate are in Zanzibar Town itself, and that there is no secondary school in the...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies to what extent the Governor of Mauritius is consulting the Sino-Mauritian community with regard to a nominated member for the Legislative Council who...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will circulate in the OFFICIAL REPORT the names ofthose Africans in Nyasaland who, since 3rd March, 1959, have been sentenced to periods of...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what was the evidence advanced at the trial of Miss Grace Kahumbe, of Nyasaland, on which it was presumed that she was a member of an unlawful...
With permission, Mr. Speaker, I will make a statement on the reorganisation of the cotton industry. In recent years the cotton industry has been exposed to formidable and increasing competition...
Mr. Creech Jones: (by Private Notice) asked the Paymaster-General whether he will make a statement on the explosion and tragic loss of life in Walton Colliery, near Wakefield, yesterday.
May I ask the Lord Privy Seal wheather he will state the business for next week?
Motion made, and Question proposed,That this House takes note of the Report on Developments and Government Action in Wales and Monmouthshire for the period 1st July, 1957, to 31st December, 1958...
10.0 p.m.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. E. Wakefield.]
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