Thursday, 23 February 1961
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
asked Mr. Attorney-General how many applications were made during the preceding twelve months in county courts within the greater London area for suspension of an order of eviction under the...
asked Mr. Attorney-General how many of the 22,107 magistrates in England and Wales are on the active list and available for duties on the bench.
asked the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations if he will have the housing difficulties of British migrants in Australia investigated with a view either to assisting them to buy their...
asked the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations whether his attention has been drawn to the criticism made by the Australian Government's planning council of British policy in not more...
asked the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations if he can now state whether an official member of the Bechuanaland Legislative Council will be instructed to represent the interests of the...
asked the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations what arms have been supplied to the Government of Malaya by Her Majesty's Government; and what conditions were attached to the supply of...
asked the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations 'if he will make a statement on the results of the constitutional talks for Southern Rhodesia; and what action Her Majesty's Government now...
asked the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations how many applications he has received from Commonwealth Governments for assistance in developing co-operative societies in each of the past...
asked the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations what representations he has received from Commonwealth Governments as to the advantages that would accrue to Commonwealth trade from a...
asked the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations what reply has been made to the petition presented by the Basuto National Party expressing its concern at the increase in general poverty...
asked the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations whether the Report, in Afrikaans, of the Commission of Inquiry into the Sharpeville shootings in which, among many others, five...
asked the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations whether he is aware of the controversial political activities, in London, of the Deputy High Commissioner for Ghana; and, in view of the...
asked the Minister of Education whether he will take steps to increase further the number of places in teacher training colleges.
asked the Minister of Education how many places are available in the 1961–62 one-year supplementary courses for the teaching of handicapped children, namely, those who are backward,...
asked the Minister of Education if he is aware of the widespread discontent amongst schoolmasters at the inadequacy of their basic salary scale and with the machinery for the negotiation of their...
asked the Minister of Education what decision has been taken with regard to participation by school teachers in the National Insurance graduated pensions scheme.
asked the Minister of Education if he will now institute an inquiry into the circumstances relating to the down-grading and subsequent dismissal of Mr. F. St. A. Hartley from the Science Museum...
asked the Minister of Education whether he has now reconsidered the necessity for replacing Accrington Grammar School with a new building; and whether he will authorise Lancashire County Council...
asked the Minister of Education whether he will now set up the committee of inquiry into the country's sporting facilities recommended by the Wolfenden Report on Sport and the Community.
asked the Minister of Education for what number and value of school projects the Staffordshire Education Authority applied for the building year 1962–63; and what number and value of...
asked the Minister of Education in what terms he requests local education authorities to submit for his approval school building programmes for each year.
asked the Minister of Education what estimate he has made of the reduction in the time needed to teach mathematics which would follow from the adoption of decimal currency in the United Kingdom,...
asked the Minister of Education what is the number of pupils remaining at school after 15 years of age in Northumberland; and what percentage of pupils this represents at the last school leaving date.
asked the Minister of Education to what extent he allows parents a choice of school in accordance with the terms of the Education Act. 1944.
asked the Minister of Education what action he is taking to ensure that the revised scale of grants for students is uniformly carried out by all local education authorities; and what...
asked the Minister of Education how many teachers are in retirement with a pension of less than £100 per annum, with a pension of between £100 and £150 per annum, and with a...
asked the Minister of Education what has been the outcome of his consultation with the Bristol Education Authority over the granting of an award to enable a student to complete his studies at...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how many established non-industrial workers have become redundant in Malta; and how many have been given notice.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what have been the results of the consultations he has had with the Governor of Malta arising from his decision to allocate a licence giving...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how many officials of his Department who deal with the affairs of Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland, or of the Federation, have served in Africa; and...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies when he will publish the Draft Constitution for Sierra Leone.
asked the Prime Minister if he will have consultations with the television authorities with a view to making preparations for the proceedings in the House of Commons to be televised unedited or...
asked the Prime Minister if he will propose to the Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference that South Africa, on becoming a republic, shall be excluded from membership of the Commonwealth until...
asked the Prime Minister if he will seek support at the forthcoming Commonwealth Premiers' Conference for a joint Commonwealth plan for disarmament to be laid before the United Nations.
asked the Prime Minister if, in order to remove doubt, he will define the scope of responsibility of the Parliamentary Secretary for Science with particular regard to his responsibility for...
asked the Prime Minister whether he will consider reviewing the Ministerial and administrative arrangements for overseeing the shipping and shipbuilding industries.
May I ask the Leader of the House whether he will state the business for next week?
Resolution reported,That, for the purposes of any Act of the present Session to increase the rates of national health service contributions and to amend the National Health Service Contributions...
Considered in Committee.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn. —[Mr. Finlay.]
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