Wednesday, 6 May 1959
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
asked the Secretary of State for War when the committee under the chairmanship of General Sir Richard Goodbody, which is examining possible solutions to the present shortage of entrants to the...
asked the Secretary of State for War when it is proposed to close the Garrison at Sheerness; and what plans exist for its future.
asked the Secretary of State for War how many soldiers are now serving sentences of imprisonment or detention in the military detention centre at Shepton Mallet; and how many of these men will be...
asked the Secretary of State for War what liaison there is between the War Department and the British Broadcasting Corporation.
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he will reduce the number of Army barracks in Central London.
asked the Secretary of State for War why married soldiers under the age of 21 years are not eligible for married quarters.
asked the Secretary of State for War why military police were sent to a cinema at Chaddesden, Derby, on the evening of Sunday, 26th April, 1959; to what extent they took part in searching parcels...
asked the Secretary of State for War the latest number of persons, civilians and military, respectively, employed at Ranikhet Camp, Reading.
asked the Secretary of State for War if he will state the number of letters of protest at the discharge of Terry Dene he has received from Members of Parliament and the general public.
asked the Secretary of State for War what disciplinary action has been taken against high-ranking officers at the War Office following the discovery of a state of military unpreparedness at the...
asked the Secretary of State for War how many National Service men during the last ten years have been exempted, for the duration of their service in the Army, from wearing ammunition boots on...
asked the Secretary of State for War (1) how many National Service men with a wife and child, or children, went absent without obtaining leave in the last two years; (2) how many National...
asked the Postmaster-General what is now holding up plans for the modernisation of the post office at Ashington, Northumberland; and whether he will make a statement.
asked the Postmaster-General if he will issue a special postage stamp to mark the bicentenary of Kew Gardens.
asked the Postmaster-General how many private telephones exist at Douglas and Douglas, West, in the County of Lanark; and how many subscribers own shops or businesses.
asked the Postmaster-General what steps he is taking to increase the number of cables from the Sunderland telephone exchange.
asked the Postmaster-General when he is going to change the personnel of the Independent Television Authority.
asked the Postmaster-General whether, in view of the continuing dissatisfaction with the application of the rules relating to advertising contained in the Second Schedule to the Television Act,...
asked the Postmaster-General what action has been taken by his Department concerning recent unauthorised sound broadcasts in Wales, made on behalf of a political party; and if he will make a...
asked the Postmaster-General, with a view to diminishing unauthorised broadcasts on behalf of political minorities in Wales, if he will take steps to introduce new regulations, substituting for...
asked the Postmaster-General how often during the past five years he has required the British Broadcasting Corporation not to broadcast a particular programme.
asked the Secretary of State for Air what proposals he has as to the future of the Directorate of Work Study.
asked the Secretary of State for Air if he is satisfied that all the conditions attached to the sale of buildings on the dispersed housing sites of Sandtoff Aerodrome in the Isle of Axholm have...
asked the Secretary of State for Air how many of the United States Thor missiles in this country are operational; and how many are expected to be operational by mid-summer.
asked the Secretary of State for Air what protest was made by the Royal Air Force officer commanding the Second Tactical Air Force in Germany against allegations officially made by the German...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation whether he is aware of the need to provide adequate facilities for the training ab initio of civil pilots; what steps he is taking to provide...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation what was the reason which has been officially reported to him for the cancellation of the inaugural British Overseas Airways Corporation...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation what request he had from the British Air Line Pilots' Association to see a copy, or relevant sections of the copy, of his inspector's report on...
asked the Prime Minister what messages or communications he has received during the past week from Mr. Khrushchev.
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation whether he has noted that the causes of deaths in motor vehicle accidents in 1955 were head injuries as to nearly 66 per cent. in the case of...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation how many vessels over 100,000 tons registered are now in commission or on the stocks; and what steps are being taken to modernise United Kingdom...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation how many prosecutions have taken place during the past twelve months arising out of the overloading of oil tankers; what was the total amount...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation what inquiries he has made about the possibilities of one of the proposed new Cunard liners being built on the River Tyne; and whether he will...
(by Private Notice) asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty whether he will make a statement about the shelling of the British trawler "Arctic Viking" by an Icelandic gunboat outside...
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.]
Order for Third Reading read.
Considered in Committee; reported, without Amendment; read the Third time and passed.
Considered in Committee; reported, without Amendment; read the Third time and passed.
Considered in Committee; reported, without Amendment; read the Third time and passed.
Considered in Committee.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this be the Schedule to the Bill.
8.7 p.m.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Bryan.]
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