Tuesday, 14 July 1959
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
As amended, considered; to be read the Third time
Read a Second time; to be considered Tomorrow.
Bill to confirm a Provisional Order under the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act, 1936, relating to the British Transport Commission, presented by Mr. John Maclay; and ordered (under...
Mr. Gresham Cooke: asked the Attorney-General if he will consider giving greater publicity to the fact that county courts are closed on the Friday before Whitsun, and thus save those members of...
asked the Attorney-General, in view of the fact that the law relating to merchant shipping was last consolidated 65 years ago, when a start will be made to consolidate the Merchant Shipping Acts,...
asked the Attorney-General what is the approximate average time taken in London in registration of title on sale of landed property.
asked the Attorney-General what consideration he has given to instituting criminal proceedings against the former directors of Independent Air Travel Limited.
asked the Attorney-General what inquires were made by the Queen's Proctor following the decree nisi in the case of MorrisversusMorris, about which the honourable Member for Ardwick has written to him.
asked the Minister of Works what steps are being taken to preserve in perpetuity the words of Mr. Speaker's address at the Big Ben centenary ceremony in Palace Yard; and where a verbatim copy of...
asked the Minister of Works what steps he is taking to provide, on the site, a large-scale model of Stonehenge in its ancient and undamaged state, in view of the increasing public interest in the...
asked the Minister of Works how many explanatory notice boards, as recommended by the Ancient Monuments Board, he has erected at sites of scheduled ancient monuments; what is the cost of each...
asked the Minister of Works what steps he is taking to improve and expand the Ancient Monuments Laboratory; and if he will make a statement.
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Works, as representing the Lord President of the Council, what investigations have been made by the Fuel Research Station, Department of...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Works, as representing the Lord President of the Council, when he expects to receive a report from the Committee set up to advise on...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he has yet investigated the case, concerning which the hon. and learned Member wrote to him on 19th May, of the Aberdeen mother of a boarded-out child...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what consultations he has had with the Voluntary Service Overseas Organisation with a view to encouraging young secondary school-leavers to undertake...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make a statement on his recent official meeting with Lord Polwarth, Chairman of the Scottish Council (Development and Industry), on the...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what are his plans for assistance by schools in the 1959 potato harvest.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland when he expects to introduce legislation to enable county councils to take measures to prevent flood damage.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the salary of a domiciliary midwife and of a sister in a maternity hospital, respectively.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what percentage of babies are born in hospital in Aberdeen, Glasgow, and Lanarkshire, respectively.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many clinics exist in Scotland to provide for the special therapy of migraine under the National Health Service.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if, in view of the fact that British European Airways incurs a heavy loss in supplying remote parts of Scotland with service, he will consider making an...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he will introduce legislation to regulate the marriage in Scotland of young persons not normally resident there.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will state the number of Scottish deaf children who applied for places in the Mary Hare Grammar School and the Burwood Park School, respectively;...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland, in view of the forced redundancy of several hundred skilled craftsmen and others by Scottish Aviation, Limited, if he will place orders for Pioneer...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many of the Scottish Special Housing Association houses at Douglas, in respect of the construction of which the Exchequer bears an annual burden of...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he is aware that a number of farms in the parish of Chapelton, in the county of Lanark, are still without a piped water supply with consequent...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will state the persons and bodies, outside the Government service, consulted by the Governor of Peterhead prison; how many such meetings have been...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland when the 194 families whose applications have been approved for transfer from Glasgow to overspill areas are likely to move.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland when it is expected that a start will be made on the construction of the Larkhall-Uddingston by-pass on the trunk road A.74.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the estimated cost of the roundabout now under construction on trunk road A.74 at Canderside, near Larkhall; and if this roundabout will be...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland is he is satisfied that the existing official agencies at his disposal to give effect to the policies of Her Majesty's Government for the economic...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he has now considered the representations made to him about abuses in Sunday drinking in Scotland; and what action he proposes to take.
asked the Lord Advocate what progress he has made in his investigations into the activities of the firm, of which details have been sent to him by the hon. Member for West Fife.
asked the President of the Board of Trade what action he has now taken regarding the development of sites for industrial purposes within the county borough of Sunderland.
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware of the discharge of hundreds of skilled craftsmen by Scottish Aviation Limited, Prestwick, during the past year owing to shortage of...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many appeals have been made to the appellate authority on questions concerning the admissibility of expenditure incurred by companies on political...
asked the Prime Minister if he will consider making representations to President de Gaulle against atom tests over Africa, in view of dangers to the well-being of the people of Africa for whom...
asked the Prime Minister (1) to what extent during the course of his visit earlier this year to the United States of America he discussed with President Eisenhower the procedure to be followed...
asked the Prime Minister whether he has now completed his inquiry into the position of holders of the Victoria Cross in respect of an annuity under the Royal Warrant; and if he will make a statement.
asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of the uncertainty arising as to the length of time which would permit consultations with the United States Government in the event of nuclear attack, he...
3.30 p.m.
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I beg to move, That the Statement of the Estimated Income and Expenditure of Greenwich Hospital and Travers' Foundation for the year ending on 31st March, 1960, which was laid before this House...
10.43 p.m.
10.46 p.m.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Hughes- Young.]
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