Monday, 13 July 1959
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
asked the Minister of Supply what was the original cost of the equipment at the Dukinfield Carriage and Wagon Works owned by his Department; when the equipment was last used; and what is the...
asked the Minister of Supply (1) what steps he is taking in consultation with British European Airways to expedite the placing of a contract with the de Havilland Aircraft Company for the...
asked the Minister of Supply on what date the Argosy type 660 aircraft were ordered; and how many modifications have been requested by Service Departments since the negotiations commenced.
asked the Minister of Supply when the P.1 fighter aircraft prototype order was first placed; and when it is expected that these aircraft will be ready for squadron service.
asked the Minister of Supply (1) what are the Service requirements for the Avro 748 and the Herald aircraft; (2) for what period he plans to have the Avro 748 aircraft flown on proving flights;...
asked the Minister of Supply what is causing the delay in the sale of the houses attached to the Royal Ordnance Factory at Maltby.
asked the Minister of Health whether he is satisfied with the sterilisation equipment in use in hospitals; and if he will make a statement.
asked the Minister of Health (1) whether the purchase of the site for the new general hospital at Coventry has now been completed; (2) whether he has now given his approval to the proposal of...
asked the Minister of Health what further consideration he has given to making a special capital grant for rebuilding the maternity department at the North Middlesex Hospital.
asked the Minister of Health how many outbreaks of food poisoning have occurred in hospitals under his direction within the last year for which records are available; in how many of these the...
asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware of the shortage of places for mentally defective children living in the West Midlands of England; and what steps he proposes to remedy the position.
asked the Minister of Health what progress has been made towards implementing the recommendations of Sir Noel Hall's fact-finding Committee on the salaries of designated officers in the hospital...
asked the Minister of Health if he will take steps to provide statistics showing the extent to which nurses' accommodation and food in hospitals are subsidised.
asked the Minister of Health what decision has been reached on the siting of the proposed new hospital to serve North Tees-side.
asked the Minister of Health what are the new plans for the extension and general improvement of hospital facilities in Wellington. Shropshire, which have been sent to him by the East Shropshire...
asked the Minister of Health what steps he is taking to improve recruitment of pharmacists into the hospital service; and what further steps he has taken to give guidance to hospital management...
asked the Minister of Health whether he will make arrangements whereby facilities for repair to hearing aids could be available at Maidenhead Hospital on certain days in the month in order to...
asked the Minister of Health if he is aware of the shortage of midwives in East Suffolk, and in Lowestoft in particular; and whether he will strive to improve recruitment by improving salaries...
asked the Minister of Health if his attention has been drawn to the policy being followed by Salford City Council, in collaboration with various Government Departments and voluntary bodies, in...
asked the Minister of Health whether he will make special arrangements for the annual publication of local authority estimates of expenditure on health services in view of the absence of figures...
asked the Minister of Health whether he will make a statement regarding the future of prescription charges, in view of the recommendations of the Hinchliffe Committee.
asked the Minister of Health whether he will now consider providing for the independent testing of new drugs, in view of the recommendation of the Hinchliffe Committee.
asked the Minister of Health what steps he is taking to encourage doctors in general practice to equip themselves to deal with psychological and stress factors in disease.
asked the Minister of Health why the names of doctors fined by executive councils of the National Health Service for neglect of duty are not published.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will make a statement on the progress achieved at the Technical Committee on Safeguards against Surprise Attack.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will instruct his representatives at the United Nations to propose the setting up of a committee of experts to study the problem of...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what reasons led him to advise that the film, Carlton-Browne of the Foreign Office, was unsuitable to be shown at the Moscow Film Festival.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what reply he has made to the official Soviet proposal for a nuclear-free zone in the Balkans.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (1) why, in view of the fact that under the European Convention on Human Rights, Article 32, the Committee of Ministers is required to decide...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has yet reached agreement on the question of entry into Spain from British territories without visas.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will state the number of North Atlantic Treaty Organisation troops in West Berlin on 27th February, 1958, and on 9th July, 1959; and to what...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what proposals have been submitted to the Council of Western European Union for an amendment to the Brussels Treaty to permit West Germany to...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what report he has received from the International Commission for Supervision and Control in Vietnam on the withdrawal from South Vietnam of the...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will now make a further statement on the dispute between Great Britain and Iceland about territorial fishing grounds, indicating what steps...
asked the Prime Minister what protests he has received against the Anglo-Danish Trade Agreement.
asked the Minister of Labour on what grounds Her Majesty's Government has refused to ratify the International Labour Office Convention against racial discrimination in employment.
With your permission, Mr. Speaker, and that of the House, I would like to make a statement. A Motion in my name on the Order Paper provides that an Agreement dated 16th March, 1959, with the...
Report from the Select Committee on Procedure to be considered forthwith.—[Mr. R. A. Butler.]
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Bryan.]
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