Wednesday, 13 May 1959
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Considered; to be read the Third time Tomorrow.
asked the Postmaster-General when he expects to be able to eliminate the interference in television reception suffered by the residents of Green Street, High Wycombe.
asked the Postmaster-General whether he is aware that holders of radio and television licences in the Warrenpoint, Kilkeel and Annalongy areas of County Down are experiencing poor reception; and...
asked the Postmaster-General what measures he now proposes to ensure courtesy and efficiency at post office counters.
asked the Postmaster-General what further developments there have been in his scheme of interchange of staff between the Post Office and industrial concerns.
asked the Postmaster-General if he is aware that "No Waiting or Loading" signs in streets in the London, W.1 area are sometimes ignored by drivers of Post Office vans; and if he will take steps...
asked the Postmaster-General how many actual and attempted robberies of post offices have taken place during the past year; and how much was stolen.
asked the Postmaster-General how many telephone subscribers were among the more than 70 families which have moved from the village of Douglas, in the county of Lanark, since 1st January, 1959.
asked the Postmaster-General to what extent the new system of subscriber trunk dialling at Bristol is being used; what is the general reaction to it; and if he will make a statement.
asked the Secretary of State for Air which missile bases were officially visited by Senator Symington of the United States of America during his recent tour of Great Britain.
asked the Secretary of State for Air how soon he anticipates being able to make a decision on the future róle of Horsham St. Faith's Royal Air Force Station, so that the arrangements...
asked the Secretary of State for Air whether he will now make a statement on the representations made to the Mayor of Hamburg on the recent incident concerning Knechtsand Island, North Germany.
asked the Secretary of State for Air if he will state the nature of the agreement that has been arrived at with the United States Air Force as to which targets will be attacked with hydrogen...
asked the Secretary of State for Air what effect the opening of the University of the Air is expected to have on the recruiting of aircrew for the Royal Air Force.
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation how many and what proportion of ships in the British fishing fleets are and are not, respectively, fitted with the British Decca system of...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation what was the total contribution made by British shipping, both dry cargo ships and oil tankers, for each of the past five years, to the...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation on what grounds he has decided that the Roker Volunteer Life Brigade shall not be allowed to use rescue rockets for drills.
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation what steps he proposes to take in order to secure agreement among shipowners in regard to a policy for replacing certain existing merchant...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation if he will state the result of the study undertaken jointly by his Department and that of the Secretary of State for Air into the future use of...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation if, in view of the rapid development of air transport and helicopter services, he will take steps to develop helicopter stations near large...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation (1) if he will investigate the question of Aer Lingus flights originating in the Republic of Ireland being permitted to uplift passengers from...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation if he will specify the nature and number of the complaints he has received, and from whom they came, about the loss and inconvenience caused to...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation how the independent reviewing body into Captain Thain's case will be constituted; what will be its terms of reference; and who will be members of it.
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation under what circumstances he permits passengers to disembark from an aircraft when it touches down at an airport other than its scheduled destination.
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation what steps are taken by his Department to ensure that companies granted a licence to carry out aircraft overhaul and maintenance continue to...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation whether he is aware of the continued anxiety of the public at the delay in starting the construction of the by-pass at Wall, Staffordshire;...
Mr. G. Wilson: asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation how many persons were killed and how many injured, respectively, in road accidents per thousand registered vehicles using the...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation how many miles of roads in England and Wales, respectively, have double white lines; to what extent this system is to be extended; and if he...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation what caused the delay in acquiring the land required for the road improvements of the Strood High Street from Rochester bridge to the railway...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation whether he will invite the Road Research Laboratory and the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents to initiate research into the value of...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation which categories of persons are not covered by compulsory third-party insurance to motor-car drivers.
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation what was the total number of motor cycles, auto-cycles, motor scooters and similar vehicles which were licensed in the United Kingdom at the...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation when he expects to receive the report of the appropriate consultative committee regarding the proposed closing of the Keighley and Oxenhope...
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation to make a statement on the railway accident at Slough on 1st May, 1959.
asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation what reports he has had from the appropriate area consultative committee about the closing of branch railway lines serving Leek, Staffordshire;...
asked the Prime Minister if he has inquired into the circumstances in which documents relating to Harwell Atomic Energy Research Establishment, including one marked Confidential," were left in...
With your permission, Mr. Speaker, and that of the House, I wish to make a short personal statement. Yesterday, in reply to a supplementary to Question No. 37 put by my hon. Friend the Member...
I beg to give notice, that on Friday, 5th June, 1959, I shall call attention to the serious plight of our aged people, and move a Resolution.
I beg to give notice, that on Friday, 5th June, 1959, I shall call attention to the defects in the capitalist system of society and to the benefits to be derived from the Socialist system, and...
I beg to give notice, that on Friday, 5th June, 1959, I shall call attention to public transport conditions in London, and move a Resolution.
Bill to enable schemes made with a view to eliminating excess capacity in the cotton industry to provide for paying compensation for any such elimination and for raising the sums required for...
Proceedings on Government Business exempted, at this day's Sitting, from the provisions of Standing Order No. 1 (Sittings of the House).—[Mr. Heath.]
3.35 p.m.
Bill to amend the Television Act, 1954, by prohibiting the broadcasting of advertisements for more than six minutes in any hour, presented accordingly and read the First time; to be read a Second...
Considered in Committee [Progress, 12th May].
3.50 p.m.
I beg to move, in page 14, line 48, at the end to insert: Provided that for the purposes of this section the said subsections (2) to (5) shall have effect as if in subsection (2) and subsection...
Lords Amendments considered.
Lords Amendment: In page 6, line 14, at end insert: (3) The reduction required by subsection (2) of this section in respect of any of the standard amenities shall not be made if part of the cost...
Lords Amendment agreed to: In page 10, line 38, at end insert: (4) The reduction required by subsection (3) of this section in respect of any of the standard amenities shall not be made if part...
Lords Amendment agreed to: In page 14, line 22, at end insert: (3) The reduction required by subsection (2) of this section in respect of any of the standard amenities shall not be made if part...
Considered in Committee.
Resolution reported, That the rate of the salary which may be granted to the Comptroller and Auditor General under section one of the Exchequer and Audit Departments Act, 1957, be increased from...
Resolution reported, That, for the purposes of any Act of the present Session to vest in the Postmaster- General certain underground works constructed in London, Manchester and Birmingham in the...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Legh]
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