Thursday, 7 May 1959
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Bill to confirm a Provisional Order under the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act, 1936, relating to Glasgow Corporation, presented by Mr. John Maclay; and ordered (under Section 7 of...
asked the Minister of Education (1) whether he is aware that, while a slight increase is planned in the number of women students to be trained in physical education at general colleges, no such...
asked the Minister of Education how many local education authorities have introduced a four-term school year; and to what extent such an arrangement requires his approval.
asked the Minister of Education if he is now able to make a further statement about the building of a new county secondary school at Loftus in the Cleveland Parliamentary Constituency.
asked the Minister of Education how many schools which are called comprehensive schools now exist in England and Wales; how many other schools are part of systems designed to eliminate selective...
asked the Minister of Education what are his estimates of the size of the school population in 1965 and the average annual recruitment, wastage, and supply of trained teachers, respectively,...
asked the Minister or Education how many new primary and secondary schools, respectively. are now required in England and Wales to provide all children with adequate, modern premises.
asked the Minister of Education how many local education authorities have appointed teacher representatives on the education committee; and how many have not.
asked the Minister of Education what reply he has given to representations about the inadequate staffing of St. Minver County Primary School, Cornwall.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what would be the cost to this country in foreign exchange of raising the car tourist allowance from £30 to £40 in foreign currency.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the result of his inquiries into methods of contracting for, and disposing of, confidential waste documents.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer why Sir Alexander Gibb and. Partners, who were instructed by his Department to make contact with Messrs. T. F. Burns and Partners, the consultant engineers...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in view of Her Majesty's Government's undertaking to bear in mind the default of the Hungarian Government on their external bonded debt to this country, why...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer, arising out of the Resolution passed at Strasbourg at a meeting of the Council of Europe's Consultative Assembly calling on the member Governments to form...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what financial assistance under the Distribution of Industry (Industrial Finance) Act, 1958, has been made available to alleviate unemployment in Sunderland.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what approaches he has received from interested persons or organisations requesting that, as he has removed Purchase Tax from maintenance television tubes,...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the average annual dollar cost to the United Kingdom of licences for the manufacture of penicillin in Great Britain.
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he has completed his inquiries into the matter of independent arbitration for tenants of his Department's factories in Scotland; and if he will make a...
asked the President of the Board of Trade what are the principal commodities imported into the United Kingdom from Commonwealth countries on which both the United Kingdom and the six Common...
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will now identify the sites suitable for industry at Douglas and Douglas, West, in the county of Lanark.
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether, in view of the necessity of maintaining an increasing employment in the textile machine-making industry, he will limit the payment of...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will make a further statement on the committee to consider the question of consumer protection.
asked the President of the Board of Trade what evidence he has received concerning the breaking of the law that all 'hire-purchase advertisements must state plainly the total cash price, the...
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will make a statement on the latest arrangements made by him through the Export Credits Guarantee Department, or otherwise, to finance exports by...
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he has considered the report of the committee set up by the Portsmouth Junior Chamber of Commerce to inquire into the causes of accidents to children,...
asked the President of the Board of Trade (1) why the Digest of Statistics for February and March did not contain a table setting out the statistics about industrial building in Development...
asked the President of the Board of Trade what financial arrangements the Board of Trade is making in connection with the large extension to the Mullard factory at Simonstone.
asked the President of the Board of Trade how many schemes for the clearance of derelict sites under Section 5 of the Distribution of Industry Act, 1945, whether by his Department or by grant,...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether, in view of the unemployment in South Hampshire, he will urge the Caltex Company to reconsider its decision to postpone the refinery project...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether, at his forthcoming trade talks with representatives of the Soviet Government's Ministry of Trade in Moscow, he will invite a trade delegation of...
asked the Prime Minister if he will set up a body analogous with the Coleraine Committee to review regularly the remuneration of other public servants, members of the Boards of nationalised...
asked the Prime Minister the latest levels of strontium 90 for the various regions of the United Kingdom, including Scotland.
asked the Prime Minister what was the nature of the proposals for dealing with unemployment in Scotland suggested to him at his meeting with the delegation from the Scottish Trades Union Congress...
asked the Prime Minister what reply he has sent to the letter addressed to him by the Secretary of the Tyneside Chamber of Commerce regarding the replacement of the Queen liners.
The following Questions stood upon the Order Paper:
May I ask the Lord Privy Seal whether he will state the business for next week?
Ordered, That this day Business other than the Business of Supply may be taken before Ten o'clock.—[Mr. R. A. Butler.]
[13TH ALLOTTED DAY]
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a further sum not exceeding £20 be granted to Her Majesty towards defraying the charges for the year ending on the 31st clay of March, 1960, for the...
3.50 p.m.
Order for Second Reading read.
Order for Second Reading read.
9.36 p.m.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Legh.]
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