Tuesday, 5 May 1959
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair
Read the Third time and passed.
As amended, considered; to be read the Third time.
(By Order)
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will make a statement on his talks with the delegation representing the elected members of the Kenya Legislative Council.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he is aware that the Singapore Government have taken over many of the principal powers possessed by the municipal council of the city; what was...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what consultations have taken place between the Singapore Government and that of the Federation of Malaya on the subject of economic integration of...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies on whose authority animals are designated as vermin in Tanganyika.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies on what evidence the Governor of Northern Rhodesia based the allegation he made in his official broadcast of 12th March, that Mr. Harry Nkumbula had...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what account was taken by the Governor of Northern Rhodesia, in deciding to ban the Zambia African Congress, of the resolution passed at the Accra...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what demands were made in the petition received by him from the Northern Rhodesian African National Congress on 13th April; and what action he...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how many children were attending school in Nyasaland immediately before the declaration of the state of emergency; and how many are attending at present.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he is aware of the growing unemployment in Nyasaland, particularly in the building and civil engineering trades of Blantyre Limbe; and what steps...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how many Africans have been detained under the emergency regulations in Nyasaland; how many have been subsequently released; and when it is proposed...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies the average monthly wage of workers in the Mlanje District of Nyasaland.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will stop the collection of fines imposed on communities in Nyasaland while the Commission is investigating in Nyasaland.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how many Africans who are Government employees in Nyasaland have been dismissed from their posts since 3rd March; and for what reasons.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how many European civil servants in Nyasaland, receiving expatriate pay, are expatriates.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how many Africans in Nyasaland have been arrested since 3rd March; what were the charges against them; and what sentences they received.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what weapons were used when twenty Africans were killed at Nkata Bay; and what previous action was taken to disperse the people.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies the estimated cost to date of the state of emergency in Nyasaland.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether the local committee on educational problems in Zanzibar under the chairmanship of the Chief Secretary, Mr. P. A. P. Robertson, has yet...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies the date for the next elections for the Legislative Council of Zanzibar Protectorate; and whether it is his intention to begin talks with the various...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what reply has been given to the request by Archbishop Makarios to the Governor that the ban on political organisations and newspapers in Cyprus...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies to what extent it is intended to implement the trade union scheme for the advancement of African railway workers in Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland,...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies, in view of the approach of a World Refugee Year, what steps he proposes to take to help in the rehabilitation of the large number of refugees in...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether it has yet been decided to extend the estate operations of the Colonial Development Corporation in the island of Dominica, in view of the...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will make a statement on the capital requirements of the Uganda Electricity Board.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will make a statement on the recent disturbances in Uganda.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is aware that there are prima facie grounds upon which is based the hypothesis that vaccination by B.C.G. may prevent the incidence of...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will place in the House a copy of the Public Order Ordinance passed in the Legislative Council of the Seychelles in March of this year;...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will place in the Library of the House a copy of the report issued by the Medical Officer of Health in the Seychelles in 1957, and 1958,...
asked the Attorney-General how far the rules, which prevent High Court Judges making political speeches, will apply to judges of the recently created Crown Courts at Manchester and Liverpool.
asked the Minister of Works whether he is aware that the multiplicity of architectural research organisations which exist in this country make for confusion and expense in building; and whether...
asked the Minister of Works what progress has been made with the proposal to rehouse the Crown Jewels so as to enable all visitors to the Tower of London an opportunity to view them in reasonable...
asked the Minister of Works to what extent he has authorised delays in maintenance works at the Royal Opera House during the past three years.
asked the Minister of Works what progress has been made with the arrangements for the memorial to the late Earl of Balfour.
asked the Minister of Works what arrangements are being made for band performances in the Royal Parks during the coming summer.
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Works, as representing the Lord President of the Council, whether the results of the sample inquiries undertaken by the Road Research...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many Scottish Special Housing Association houses are now standing empty at Douglas and Douglas, West, in the County of Lanark.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what immediate action he proposes taking to avoid the introduction of part-time education in Glasgow schools next session.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he has completed his consideration of the relevant factors concerning the prohibition of gin traps in Scotland; and what steps he now proposes to...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he has yet considered the proposals put to his Department last January by Aberdeen Chamber of Commerce in connection with the power of local...
asked the Prime Minister whether he will now make a statement on nuclear and allied radiations, incorporating the latest information.
Committee to consider of increasing the rate of the salary of the Comptroller and Auditor General under the Exchequer and Audit Departments Act, 1957.— [Queen's Recommendation signified],...
Proceedings on Government Business exempted, at this day's Sitting, from the provisions of Standing Order No. 1 (Sittings of the House).—[Mr. R. A. Butler.]
Committee of Supply discharged from considering the Estimates set out hereunder and the said Estimates referred to the Scottish Grand Committee:—
Order for consideration, as amended (in the Standing Committee), read.
3.42 p.m.
(1) It shall be the duty of a mental welfare officer to make an application for admission to hospital or a guardianship application in respect of a patient within the area of the local authority...
I beg to move, in page 1, line 20, at the end insert: and shall continue to carry out such duties, in respect of the regular visiting of hospitals and the issuing of reports of such visits, as...
I beg to move, in page 2, line 46, at the end to insert: or will be so incapable when of an age to do so". I can best explain the Amendment by calling attention to two of the definitions in...
I beg to move, in page 4, line 10, after "of", to insert "duly qualified". This is a simple Amendment, but I think that it is a rather important one. We are anxious to think that in future the...
Amendment made: In page 5, line 38, after "accommodated", insert: in a home or other accommodation provided "— [Mr. R. Thompson.]
I beg to move, in page 7, line 3, to leave out subsection (2). Perhaps it may be for the convenience of the House to take this Amendment together with the two Amendments immediately following,...
Amendments made: In page 7, line 9, to leave out from "Where" to "the" in line 14, and insert: it appears to the local health authority to be appropriate that a child of compulsory school age who...
I beg to move, in page 9, to leave out lines 9 to 11, and insert: (3) In this Part of this Act "registration authority" in relation to a mental nursing home, means the council of the county or...
I beg to move, in page 10, line 30 at the beginning to insert: Subject to the provisions of this section". This and the next Amendment are paving Amendments for the Amendment, in page 11, line...
I beg to move, in page 13, line 22, after "premises" to insert "not being a hospital". We had a fairly long discussion on Clause 22 in Committee, but it did not deal with the specific point to...
5.45 p.m.
I beg to move, in page 14, line 4. to leave out subsection (1) and to insert: (1) A patient may be admitted to a hospital and there detained for the period allowed by this section, in pursuance...
I beg to move, in page 14, to leave out lines 30 to 42 and to insert: A patient may be admitted to a hospital, and there detained for the period allowed by the following provisions of this Act,...
I beg to move, in page 15, line 31, at the beginning to insert: Subject to the provisions of this section This Amendment goes with those in lines 33, 42 and 43. These are drafting Amendments,...
I beg to move, in page 17, line 7, to leave out from the beginning to "in" in line 8 and to insert: admission for observation may be made in respect of a patient". This Amendment falls to be...
I beg to move, in page 20, line 14 to leave out from the beginning to "is" in line 17 and to insert: A patient may be received into guardianship. for the period allowed by the following...
I beg to move, in page 22, line 38, after "or", to insert: is defamatory of other persons (other than persons on the staff of the hospital) or would be likely to prejudice the interests 0f the...
Amendments made: In page 25, line 4, leave out "impose the condition" and insert "direct".
Amendments made: In page 26, line 5, leave out from "may" to "this" and insert: subject to the provisions of".
Amendment made: In page 27, line 6, after "admission", to insert: for observation or for treatment."—[Mr. Walker-Smith.)
I beg to move in page 29, to leave out lines 12 to 14. This Amendment goes with the next Amendment in the name of my right hon. and hon. Friends, in page 29, line 15, leave out "three" and...
I beg to move, in page 30, line 31, to leave out Subsections (1) and (2) and to insert: (1) If on the day on which, apart from this section, a patient would cease to be liable to be detained or...
Amendment made: In page 32, line 31, leave out subsection (1).—(Mr. Walker-Smith.]
I beg to move, in page 33, line 30, to leave out from "relative" to the end of line 49, and to insert: means any of the following, that is to say— (a) husband or wife;(b) son or...
Amendments made: In page 35, line 21, leave out subsection (1) and insert: (1) The county court may, upon application made in accordance with the provisions of this section in respect of a...
I beg to move, in page 36, line 27, to leave out from the beginning to "a" in line 36 and to insert: An order made under section fifty-two of this Act in respect of a patient may be discharged by...
7.30 p.m.
I beg to move, in page 38, line 7, at the end to insert: and(e) for enabling the functions under this Part of this Act of the nearest relative of a patient to be performed, in such circumstances...
Amendment made: In page 38, line 30, to leave out from "and" to end of line 33 and insert: subsection (2) of section twenty-seven of this Act shall not apply in relation to an application so...
I beg to move, in page 39, line 11, to leave out "State institution" and to insert "special hospital". This Amendment is linked with a large number of other Amendments, and the object of all...
I beg to move, in page 40, line 32, to leave out from "that" to "into" in line 34 and to insert: the mental disorder is of a nature or degree which warrants the detention of the patient in a...
7.45 p.m.
I beg to move, in page 86, line 7, to leave out Clause 132. I feel I ought to apologise to the Minister because he has been so understanding on other occasions and I have to come back to this...
Amendment made: In page 50, line 39, leave out from "disorder" to end of line 40 and insert: is of a nature or degree which warrants the detention of the patient".—[Mr. Renton.]
Amendment made: In page 52, line 9, leave out "renders him suitable to be detained" and insert: warrants the detention of the patient".—[Mr. Renton.]
Amendment made: In page 55, line 2, leave out "renders him suitable to be detained" and insert: warrants the detenton of the patient".—[Mr. Renton.]
Amendment made: In page 56, line 22, leave out from "that" to "into" in line 23 and insert: the mental disorder is of a nature or degree which warrants the reception of the patient"—[Mr....
Amendment made: In page 57, line 21, leave out from beginning to "of" in line 22 and insert: liable to be detained in a hospital within the meaning of Part IV".—[Mr. Renton.]
Amendments made: In page 59, line 26, leave out from beginning to "is" and insert "Where the patient".—[Mr. Renton.]
I beg to move, in page 67, line 20, to leave out from "forty" to second "the" in line 23 and to insert: or section one hundred and thirty-eight of this Act may be taken into custody in England...
Amendment made: In page 68, line 35, leave out "state institutions" and insert "special hospitals".—[Mr. Walker-Smith.]
Amendments made: In page 68, line 37, leave out "state institutions" and insert "special hospitals".
9.0 p.m.
Amendments made: In page 85, line 32, leave out "state institutions" and insert "special hospitals".
Amendments made: In page 91, line 4, leave out from "leave" to "section" in line 5 and insert "within the meaning of".
Amendment made: In page 91, line 38, leave out "accordingly".—[Mr. Walker-Smith.]
I beg to move, in page 92, line 39, at the end, to insert: except as hereinafter provided in this section. It is customary in this House to object to the negative procedure on Orders submitted...
Amendments made: In page 93, line 6, at end insert: absent without leave" has the meaning assigned to it by section forty of this Act.
I beg to move, in page 97, line 14, to leave out "or" and to insert "such". This is an Amendment to clarify the First Schedule of the Bill and arises out of points made during the Committee...
Amendments made In page 98, line 32, to leave out from first "the" to "arrangements" and to insert: functions of the local health authority with respect to the making of".
Amendment made: In page 101, line 11, column 3, leave out from first "and" to end of line 13 and insert: for the words from ' he has ceased ' to the end of the subsection there shall be...
I beg to move, in page 108, line 18, to leave out "sections eleven and" and to insert "section". This Amendment is consequential. Perhaps, in moving it, I might be allowed to say, in order to...
10,12 p.m.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now Adjourn.—[Mr. Brooman-White.]
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