Wednesday, 16 November 1960
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Bill to confirm a Provisional Order under the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act, 1936, relating to Aberdeen Harbour (to be proceeded with under Section 7 of the Act), presented by Mr....
Bill to confirm a Provisional Order under the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act, 1936, relating to Clyde Navigation (to be proceeded with under Section 7 of the Act), presented by Mr....
Bill to confirm a Provisional Order under the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act, 1936, relating to the Forth Road Bridge (to be proceeded with under Section 7 of the Act), presented by...
asked the Minister of Defence what progress has been made in standardising small arms ammunition in the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation.
asked the Minister of Defence what are the terminal grant and pension of a major-general under 60 years old, retiring on the 1950 code, and on the 1960 code, respectively.
Mr. B. Harrison: asked the Minister of Defence whether he now intends to reduce the number of units in the British Army; and what commitments he intends relinquishing.
asked the Minister of Defence what agreements have been reached with the West German Federal Government, either through N.A.T.O. or bilaterally, for the provision of tactical atomic and nuclear...
asked the Minister of Defence whether nuclear weapons and warheads are now stocked at the military bases in Kenya.
asked the Minister of Defence whether, in view of the establishment of the Clyde base for United States Polaris submarines, he will authorise the immediate laying down, or acquisition, of a...
asked the Minister of Defence if he will lay on the Table of the House an official paper setting out the terms of the agreement between the British and United States Governments on the...
asked the Minister of Defence if he is aware of the widespread discontent among National Service men over their pay; what steps he proposes to remedy this grievance; and if he will reduce their...
asked the Minister of Defence whether he is satisfied that there is a sufficient mobile reserve to enable the country to discharge its commitments; and what study is being made of those commitments.
asked the Minister of Defence what steps he is taking to satisfy himself that the Armed Forces are drawing adequate benefit from the lead possessed by the United Kingdom in the application of...
asked the Minister of defence what defence rôle the T.S.R.2 aircraft is intended to fill.
asked the Minister of Defence when the next White Paper on Defence will be published.
asked the Minister of Defence what plans he has to make effective the mobility of the forces.
asked the Minister of Defence whether he is satisfied with the weight limit division of responsibility between the Army and the Royal Air Force for aircraft operation, in view of the development...
asked the Minister of Defence whether he will give an assurance that the British Army of the Rhine will not be further reduced in strength.
asked the Minister of Defence if he will set up a board of inquiry to investigate the present use of Service land and to see if it is possible to release requisitioned land more quickly and to a...
asked the Lord Privy Seal if he will enter into negotiations for an extension of the revised Brussels Treaty, so as to cover the manufacture or sale of gas centrifuge units for extracting fissile...
asked the Lord Privy Seal, in view of the German generals' memorandum on nuclear weapons for Germany, and the recent discovery by German scientists of the process known as gas centrifuge, if he...
asked the Lord Privy Seal whether he will make a statement about the recent negotiations with the Icelandic Government over fishing limits.
asked the Lord Privy Seal why the United Kingdom delegate voted for continuing the moratorium on the discussion of Chinese representation at the recent meeting of the United Nations General Assembly.
asked the Lord Privy Seal how the British delegate on the Trusteeship Committee of the United Nations voted on the resolution sponsored by India and 14 Afro-Asian states and Bolivia calling on...
(by Private Notice) asked the Leader of the House Whether he will provide time for an early debate on the proposed acquisition by Ford Motors of America of the minority shares in Ford Motors, of...
I beg to give notice that on Friday, 2nd December, I shall call attention to the need for a new British foreign policy initiative, and move a Resolution.
I have been authorised by my hon. Friend the Member for St. Pancras, North (Mr. K. Robinson) to say that he begs to give notice that on Friday, 2nd December, he will call attention to the closure...
I beg to give notice that on Friday, 2nd December, I shall call attention to the need for the preservation of the countryside, and move a Resolution.
Yesterday, the hon. Member for Dundee, East (Mr. G. M. Thomson) raised with me a complaint of breach of Privilege. I have carefully considered the complaint he made to me. He asked me to consider...
Resolution reported,That, for the purposes of any Act of the present Session to continue certain expiring laws, it is expedient to authorise the payment out of moneys provided by Parliament of...
Considered in Committee.
3.54 p.m.
7.20 p.m.
Census of Distribution (1962) (Restriction on Disclosure) Order [draft laid before the House, 22nd July, in the last Session of Parliament], approved.—[Mr. N. Macpherson.]
7.31 p.m.
9.35 p.m.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Whitelaw.]
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