Thursday, 28 July 1960
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Ordered,That the Several Amendments to Standing Orders relating to Private Business hereinafter stated in the Schedule be made.
Standing Order 62, line 80, after "date", insert "as".
asked the Minister of State for Commonwealth Relations if he will take steps to provide supplementary pensions for former members of colonial and overseas services who are in receipt of pensions...
asked the Minister of State for Commonwealth Relations what communication he has received regarding a proposal for a Commonwealth Festival of the Arts; and what action he is taking thereon.
asked the Minister of State for Commonwealth Relations what are the functions and purpose of the Commonwealth Economic Committee; what active steps it has taken to carry out the directions of the...
asked the Minister of State for Commonwealth Relations how many British protected persons from British Colonies and Protectorates have been arrested in the Union of South Africa since 30th March,...
asked the Minister of State for Commonwealth Relations how many United Kingdom or British protected doctors were originally detained in the Union of South Africa under emergency regulations; and...
asked the Minister of State for Commonwealth Relations on what conditions special permits are issued to refugees under the terms of Section 6A of the Swaziland Immigration (Amendment)...
asked the Minister of State for Commonwealth Relations whether he can yet make a statement with regard to the appointment of a development administrator to the staff of the High Commissioner for...
asked the Minister of State for Commonwealth Relations whether he can yet make a statement about constitutional advancement in the Bechuanaland Protectorate.
asked the Minister of State for Commonwealth Relations whether he will make a statement on the military and other assistance given by the United Kingdom in bringing to an end the emergency in the...
asked the Minister of State for Commonwealth Relations how many British protected persons from Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland have been arrested or injured as a result of recent measures taken...
asked the Minister of State for Commonwealth Relations whether he will ensure that all recognised political parties in Southern Rhodesia are requested to participate in the discussions about the...
asked the Minister of State for Commonwealth Relations what consideration he has given to the memorandum submitted to him on 28th April by the leaders of the National Democratic Party of Southern...
asked the Minister of State for Commonwealth Relations if he will now provide travel documents to the Reverend Marcus Kooper, now resident in Bechuanaland, to allow him to accept an invitation...
asked the Minister of State for Commonwealth Relations whether he will take steps to ensure that all pensioners of the former Government of India services, now resident in this country, receive...
asked the Minister of State for Commonwealth Relations what communications he has received from the Government of the Central African Federation about the joint provision of facilities for...
asked the Minister of State for Commonwealth Relations whether Her Majesty's Government are proposing to make a gift to Nigeria to commemorate the attainment of independence on 1st October.
asked the Minister of Education how many secondary modern schools offering commercial courses are equipped with dictating machines for training in audio typing.
asked the Minister of Education what progress he has made in discussing with associations of local authorities his proposals for legislation on the Public Library Service.
asked the Minister of Education if he will now consider including new nursery schools in school building programmes in areas where the need is demonstrated to be particularly strong.
asked the Minister of Education if he is now able to announce the establishment of additional day training colleges in London, Tyneside, Teesside, Birmingham, South Wales and similar areas with...
asked the Minister of Eudcation how many local education authorities provide their schools with tape recorders for the purpose of speech training.
asked the Minister of Education what percentage of all grammar school entrants passed the General Certificate Examination in 1959 in five subjects or more at Ordinary level.
asked the Minister of Education if he will now amend the system of training college grants so as to provide dependants grants for mature students taking a three-year course on the same basis as...
asked the Minister of Education whether he has reached a decision about the future of Heathrow School at Harmondsworth, Middlesex.
asked the Minister of Education what action he proposes to take about the recommendations of the Anderson Committee Report.
asked the Minister of Education if he will now sanction the rebuilding of St. Mary's School. Islington, on the site approved by the London County Cauncil, in view of the fact that both the London...
Mrs. Butler: asked the Minister of Education if he will send a circular to local education authorities asking them to examine present requirements of head teachers with regard to school...
asked the Minister of Education what consideration he has given to the problem of securing the just remuneration of authors and publishers for books supplied to public lending libraries, and to...
asked the Minister of Education if he will make arrangements in English and Welsh schools, whereby schoolchildren will be informed that Scottish bank notes are an acceptable medium of exchange...
asked the Minister of Education (1) how many students who had obtained three passes at advanced level in the academic year 1958–59, and had obtained a place at a university, have been...
asked the Minister of Education, as representing the Minister for Science, how much money will be lost by the Atomic Energy Authority on carrying unused stockpiles resulting from the slow-down of...
asked the Minister of Education, as representing the Minister for Science, whether he has completed his discussions with the Shipbuilding Conference on the report by the Department of Scientific...
asked the Minister of Education, as representing the Minister for Science, if he will specify the lochs in Scotland which are included in the nature reserves in which the Nature Conservancy...
asked the Prime Minister whether he will appoint a Minister charged with the functions of developing and producing the launchers required, of procuring the necessary instrumentation, and of...
Sir W. Wavell: asked the Prime Minister if, in view of the uncertainty of responsibility for pedestrian crossings in the Outer Circle, Regent's Park, which has caused delay in acting upon the...
May I ask the Leader of the House to state the business of the House for the first week after the Recess?
I have had under consideration the position of Her Majesty's Overseas Civil Service. In Colonial No. 306, issued in 1954, Her Majesty's Government undertook that when a territory became...
3.58 p.m.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Redmayne.]
Motion made and Question proposed. That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Chichester-Clark.]
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