Monday, 20 July 1959
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Read the Third time and passed, with an Amendment.
Queen's Consent, on behalf of the Duchy of Cornwall, signified.
As amended, considered; to be read the Third time.
Mr. Donnelly.
Considered; to be read the Third time Tomorrow.
asked the Minister of Health whether he has yet completed his consultations on the Cranbrook Committee's recommendations; which of its recommendations he will implement; and to what extent this...
asked the Minister of Health how many homes for old and disabled persons existed at the end of 1951 and at the end of June, 1959.
asked the Minister of Health whether he has taken note of the comments of paragraph 226 of the Report of the Hinchliffe Committee in which a distinction is made between pharmaceutical firms which...
asked the Minister of Health what advice he gives to local authorities in areas in which an unusually large outbreak of poliomyelitis occurs.
asked the Minister of Health how many mental defectives in Essex under and over the age of 16 years, respectively, are now registered as being in need of residential care; whether these figures...
asked the Minister of Health the estimated percentage of those who died through respiratory diseases throughout the country and for Stoke-on-Trent, Lancashire and Sussex, and the totals,...
asked the Minister of Health whether he will make a further statement regarding the future of dental treatment and ophthalmic charges.
asked the Minister of Health what provision is being made to enable the Occupational Health Service at Slough to maintain and extend its work.
asked the Minister of Health (1) whether, in view of the dangerous effects of taking the drug preludine, he will include this drug upon the schedule of drugs which may be sold only on medical...
asked the Minister of Health whether he will carry out a review of domiciliary health and welfare services for the elderly that have been developed since the publication of the Boucher Report.
asked the Minister of Health how many local authority schemes for chiropody services that include provision for domiciliary treatment have been submitted to him for approval to date.
asked the Minister of Health what is the estimated shortage of dentists in the County of Essex and, in particular, in the Borough of Leyton.
asked the Minister of Health if his attention has been drawn to public anxiety arising from recent scientific pronouncements on the amount of strontium in wholemeal bread; and if he will make a...
asked the Minister of Health if he will take steps to stop or discourage the production of drugs in gay and attractive bottles and capsules likely to make children think they are sweets.
asked the Minister of Health whether he will draw the attention of regional hospital boards and hospital management committees to the fact that Sections 59 and 60 of the National Health Service...
asked the Minister of Health (1) if he will state the dates upon which the hon. Member for Stoke-on-Trent, South was promised that consideration was being given to the site upon which the new...
asked the Minister of Health what steps he will take to provide facilities for casualties and out-patients in northern Swindon and the Penhill and Rodbourne areas after the opening of the new...
asked the Minister of Health whether the sketch plans of the proposed new area hospital for Cornwall have yet been finally approved.
asked the Minister of Health what hospital accommodation is available for mentally defective children in County Durham; what is the waiting list for admission; and what is being done to improve...
asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware of the shortage of places in farm hostels for mental patients for whom this kind of accommodation is considered suitable; and what steps he...
Mrs. White: asked the Minister of Health in what circumstances the widow of a patient who died in Chester Royal Infirmary, of whom particulars have been sent to him, was permitted to see her...
asked the Minister of Health what directions, advice or guidance are issued to hospitals under his control in the matter of the accommodation of children in adults' wards; and whether he is...
asked the Minister of Health how many in-patients passed through the hospitals, and how large was the waiting list, in 1951 and 1958, respectively.
asked the Minister of Health how much money was made available for building hospitals in 1951, and how much in 1958.
asked the Minister of Health if he will state the number of nurses, student nurses and part-time nurses in the London teaching hospitals, the average number of patients and the total number of...
asked the Minister of Health if he is aware that the United Liverpool Hospitals are still awaiting his sanction to proceed with a scheme to provide steam and hot water services to three hospitals...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (1) to what extent it is his policy to make the proposed agreement for a nuclear test ban between Great Britain, the United States of America, and...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what is the estimated total contribution so far approved by the United Nations Special Fund towards the cost of survey and training projects in...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs which of the issues formerly before the Technical Conference on Measures against Surprise Attack are not included in the discussions at Geneva...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to what extent the disarmament proposals contained in the recent White Paper relating to the Proceedings of the Foreign Ministers' Conference at...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs what official representations he has received from the French Government regarding their proposal that the United Kingdom, France and Belgium and...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, in order to create a favourable atmosphere for the Foreign Ministers' Conference and the forthcoming Summit Conference, he will propose...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will state the terms of the proposed amendment to the Brussels Treaty to permit West Germany to manufacture weapons at present prohibited by...
Mr. Paget (by Private Notice) asked the Home Secretary what happened to Guenter Podola during the six hours at Chelsea Police Station which necessitated his removal to hospital on a stretcher,...
Ordered, That this day Business other than the Business of Supply may be taken before Ten o'clock.—[Mr. R. A. Butler.]
[24TH ALLOTTED Day]
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a further sum, not exceeding £50, be granted to Her Majesty, towards defraying the charges for the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1960, for...
3.54 p.m.
Motion made, and Question proposed. That a further sum, not exceeding £35, be granted to Her Majesty, towards defraying the charges for the year ending on the 31st day of March, 1960, for...
10.7 p.m.
10.12 p.m.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Legh.]
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