Wednesday, 30 November 1960
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
asked the Minister of Labour what progress he has achieved in considering afresh the human problems of industry with employers and trade unions.
asked the Minister of Labour if he will give the percentage unemployment figures in the Bideford-Torrington area at 15th November, 1959, and at 15th November, 1960, respectively, and also the...
asked the Minister of Labour what action he proposes to take on the recommendations in the recent Report of the Industrial Training Council on the problem of the bulge in certain special areas.
asked the Minister of Labour whether the rise in the number of accidents at work during 1959, both for industrial workers in general and for young persons in particular, has been continued this year.
asked the Minister of Labour how many summer term school leavers from the Bishop Auckland constituency, recommended for apprenticeships by their youth employment officers, have not yet been...
asked the Minister of Labour if, in order to foster and improve good relations in industry and to make effective use of untapped resources of organising ability, he will introduce legislation to...
asked the Minister of Labour if men who, through domestic hardship or other reason, have had their call-up delayed or have appealed against it, will now be exempt.
asked the Minister of Labour what is the total number of youths registered as unemployed at the Clydebank Employment Exchange; and what steps he is taking to find suitable employment for them.
asked the Minister of Labour if he will now make a full statement on the consultations and negotiations which have taken place for some months between his department and the Professional Football...
asked the Minister of Labour if he will state the number of school leavers this year in the north Lanarkshire area who are still unemployed.
asked the Minister of Labour how many boys who trained in the pre-apprenticeship courses in Lanarkshire and finished in June last have found apprenticeships.
asked the Minister of Labour if he will state the number of redundant miners who left Fife in the two years to 30th June, 1960, to take up employment in the car industry in the Midlands; and how...
asked the Minister of Labour if he is aware that 400 men and women will lose their jobs as a result of the decision by British Ropes, Limited, to close its factory in Leith; and what steps he is...
asked the Minister of Labour how many boys, girls, and women, respectively, are currently unemployed in the Cowdenbeath exchange area; how many vacancies are available; and what were the...
asked the Minister of Labour what new diseases have been brought within the scope of industrial diseases regulations during the past five years; and what inquiries he is making in respect of...
asked the Minister of Labour what recent information he has regarding the effect of the recession in the motor-car industry on the employment of colonial and Commonwealth immigrants.
asked the Minister of Labour why unemployment in Scotland is now twice the national average.
asked the Minister of Labour what further use has been made of the services of his officers to effect a settlement of the dispute between the management and staff of the Derby Trustee Savings...
asked the Civil Lord of the Admiralty, whether paragraph 19 of the Report of the Advisory Council on Scientific Policy, relating to oceanography, has been studied by his Department; and whether...
asked the Civil Lord of the Admiralty what was the cost of transferring the Internal Combustion Engine School from Chatham to Gosport.
asked the Civil Lord of the Admiralty what is the cost, to the nearest convenient date, of travelling and subsistence allowances paid to men transferred from Her Majesty's Dockyard, Sheerness,...
asked the Civil Lord of the Admiralty how much money was spent in aid of recruiting for the Royal Navy and Royal Marines in 1959 and 1960.
asked the Civil Lord of the Admiralty what are the duties of the Royal Navy's nuclear radiation monitoring team; how many men are in it; what is the estimated weekly cost; and why it is going to...
asked the Civil Lord of the Admiralty why, for more than 18 months, his Department has stopped-up the bridle-way across Funtington Common, and failed to provide an alternative way as required by...
asked the Civil Lord of the Admiralty if he will explain the conditions of entry into the Seamen's Supplementary List of the Royal Navy.
asked the Civil Lord of the Admiralty whether he will consider the granting of a uniform allowance to Admiralty civilian drivers, or, as an alternative, the granting of a free issue of uniform,...
asked the Civil Lord of the Admiralty if he is satisfied with the rate at which naval ratings are extending their engagements.
asked the Civil Lord of the Admiralty whether, in view of the scarcity of employment opportunities in the West Fife area, he will take steps to increase the number of apprenticeships available at...
asked the Civil Lord of the Admiralty how many naval scholarships are currently being awarded for the Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth; what is the current number of applicants; and how...
asked the Civil Lord of the Admiralty what authority the Board of Admiralty exercises over ships using Holy Loch.
asked the Civil Lord of the Admiralty the numbers and types of submarines at present building or ordered; and whether any change in the submarine programme is contemplated.
asked the Secretary of State for War if he will make a statement giving details of the success achieved by the incentive scheme in the recruiting drive at the Royal Engineers depôt,...
asked the Secretary of State for War what machinery he has established with the Board of Trade and the Ministry of Housing and Local Government for co-ordinating plans for the disposal of the...
asked the Secretary of State for War what portion of the helicopters held on the strength of the British Army of the Rhine are operational; and how many are still grounded.
I beg to give notice that on Friday, 16th December, I shall call attention to the Government's defence policy and the Polaris base, and move a Resolution.
I beg to give notice that on Friday, 16th December, I shall call attention to facilities for Colonial and Commonwealth students in the United Kingdom, and move a Resolution.
I beg to give notice that on Friday, 16th December, I shall call attention to the need for controlling armaments in Central Europe, and move a Resolution.
Order for Second Reading read.
[Queen's Recommendation signified.]
Resolution reported,That it is expedient, if any Act of the present Session provides for licensed premises in Wales and Monmouthshire to open on Sundays for the sale of intoxicating liquor, to...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Finlay.]
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