Thursday, 23 July 1959
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Read the Third time and passed, with Amendments.
As amended, considered; to be read the Third time.
I beg to move, That the Milford Haven (Tidal Barrage) Bill [Lords] be re-committed to the former Committee and that it be an Instruction to the Committee on the re-committed Bill that they have...
asked the President of the Board of Trade what further action has been taken to introduce more industrial capacity within the City of Stoke-on-Trent and in North Staffordshire; what are the...
asked the President of the Board of Trade what recent action has been taken to increase the output of the pottery industry, electrical porcelain products and sanitary fittings; and what are the...
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will make a full statement on trade with China; what results have been obtained since the Parliamentary Secretary and others have visited China;...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he has now received the results of the classification and tabulation of the report of his inquiry into consumer habits; and if he will make a...
asked the President of the Board of Trade what new industry is planned for Tamworth, Staffordshire.
asked the President of the Board of Trade what steps he is taking to improve British productivity in view of the fact that the average American worker's output is more than twice that of his...
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will state the qualifications of the members of the Committee appointed to consider the whole question of consumer protection.
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he is now in a position to make a statement upon the discussions which commenced in September last between the British Standards Institution and...
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he is now in a position to make a statement concerning the progress made by the British Standards Institution on a national approvals scheme being...
asked the President of the Board of Trade (1) whether he will, by regulation or otherwise, ensure that the Council of Associated Stock Exchanges indicate on their official notepaper not only the...
asked the President of the Board of Trade what steps he will take to maintain stability of value as well as price in computing costs of food and other items.
asked the President of the Board of Trade why he finds it difficult to attract North American industrialists to Scotland, in view of the fact that production costs there are much less than in the...
asked the President of the Board of Trade what assurances he will give to the citrus growers of the West Indies and British Honduras of the continuation of their existing level of imports, or of...
asked the President of the Board of Trade what reply the Government have received to its latest representations to the United States Government about the United States tariff-quota on wool...
asked the President of the Board of Trade how the current imports of printers' ink from France and elsewhere compare with those of a month ago.
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he is satisfied that there is sufficient hotel accommodation in London and the provinces to cater for Great Britain's growing tourist trade; and if he...
asked the President of the Board of Trade what steps he is taking to encourage new industrial development in the North-East Lancashire Development Area.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how many British protected persons of Nyasaland are now detained without trial in Southern Rhodesia and Nyasaland, respectively; and when it is...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will now announce the new development plan for the Seychelles.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies when negotiations regarding the proposed sovereign British bases in Cyprus will be completed; what will be the national status of Cypriots living...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how many Colonial officials from the United Kingdom will be retained in the administration in Cyprus after 31st July and 29th February next,...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he is aware that the Kenya Government decided to make a cut in the number of students going to Makerere University College without consulting the...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what further action he has decided upon in connection with the Hola deaths, following the Report of the disciplinary tribunal.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he is fully satisfied with the services of Mr. Campbell, Acting Deputy Commissioner of Prisons in Kenya; and if he will make a statement.
Mrs. White: asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies when he will publish the Fairn Committee's report on the administration of detention camps in Kenya.
Mrs. White: asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what inquiry has been made into the recent disturbance at the boys' school at Machakos, Kenya; and with what result.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what steps have been taken by the Government of Nyasaland to counteract unemployment in the building industry.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will now make a statement upon the proposed changes in the Nyasaland Protectorate Constitution.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will make a statement on the findings of the Devlin Commission on the disturbances in Nyasaland.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what proposals have been made by the Government of Northern Rhodesia to encourage secondary industries in the territory, in view of the warning given...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies under what powers Mr. Kanyama Chiume, Member of the Nyasaland Legislative Council, was prohibited from entering Northern Rhodesia by the Governor of...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he is aware that Ordinance No. 1, 1959, issued at Hargeisa, Somaliland, on 5th March, gives power to any police officer not below the rank of...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what further progress has been in preparation for constitutional changes in Somaliland in 1960.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies for what projects the £25,000 recently given to further sport in Tanganyika by a private industrial concern will be used by the Government; and...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies, in respect of the current Budget proposals for Tanganyika, what is the estimated amount of development expenditure during the coming financial year...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what answer he has made to the proposals he has received from the Tanganyika African Union for constitutional changes involving elected majorities by...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what arrangements exist for the seconding of teachers from the United Kingdom for service in primary and secondary schools in Tanganyika.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how many Government-aided schools have been built in Tanganyika in the last five years; in how many cases consultation took place with the local...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what results have so far been secured as a result of his efforts to have Prestwick Pioneer aircraft considered for use, where suitable, in the...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies on what basis decisions are taken in regard to extra financial aid to Commonwealth and Colonial Territories, as in the recent cases of Malaya and...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what processing plants have been set up for the processing of sea island cotton during the years 1950 to 1959, inclusive; and what encouragement is...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what progress has been made in the settlement of political differences between Buganda and the Government of Uganda.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will make a further statement on the talks with the representatives of the West Indies citrus growers.
asked the Prime Minister which Ministers will visit Cyprus before Parliament reassembles; and for what purpose.
asked the Prime Minister where the three provincial exhibitions, already planned, illustrating the uses of radio-isotopes in industry will be sited; and when they will take place.
asked the Prime Minister if he will now give an approximate limit to the preliminary discussions of the Foreign Secretaries' Conference; and when he now expects that the Summit Conference will...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what communications have been received from Colonial Territories and representatives urging that representations should be made to the French...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what shipping lines operate from British Guiana to Venezuela, in view of the possibilities of mutual trade between the two territories.
Mrs. White: asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what proposals he has made concerning an increase or decrease of seats for representatives of the Out Islands in the Bahamas House of...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will publish in a single volume available to the general public at a cheap price the following Manuals prepared by Her Majesty's...
The following Questions stood upon the Order Paper:
May I ask the Leader of the House whether he will state the business of the House for next week?
The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr. Derick Heathcoat Amory): I will, with your permission Mr. Speaker, now make a statement about the Stockholm discussions. The Paymaster-General and I...
Read a Second time and committed to a Committee of the whole House.
4.15 p.m.
Import Duties (Temporary Exemptions) (No. 7) Order, 1959 (S.I., 1959, No. 1204), dated 10th July, 1959 [copy laid before the House, 14th July], approved.—[Mr. Vaughan-Morgan.]
10.9 p.m.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Colonel J. H. Harrison.]
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