Monday, 12 June 1961
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
asked the Minister of Health whether, following the report of the Inter-Departmental Committee on Drug Addiction, he will make representations to the Independent Television Authority regarding...
asked the Minister of Health if he is aware of the proposal of the local executive council for a change in Upper Weardale, County Durham, from doctors' practice to group practice, the additional...
Mr. Gresham Cooke: asked the Minister of Health whether he will refer the Soberette pill to the Poisons Board for advice as to whether such pills should be restricted for issue only on doctor's...
asked the Minister of Health what is the average genetically significant dose of ionising rays received by the population as a result of medical X-rays, giving the figure in terms of a percentage...
asked the Minister of Health how many children are known to have died in Great Britain during 1960 through the refusal of their parents to consent to operations and blood transfusions.
asked the Minister of Health if he will make a statement on the effects of rubella during pregnancy; and if he will state approximately the number of new-born babies over a convenient recent...
Mrs. Butler: asked the Minister of Health what were the population densities of each county in England and Wales at the latest convenient date; and what changes in these densities are indicated...
asked the Minister of Health if he is satisfied that the legislation relating to the carrying of scheduled poisons by representatives of the pharmaceutical industry is adequate for the protection...
asked the Minister of Health how many doctors and dentists have, in each of the past three years, had their pay withheld for breach of duty under the National Health Acts; and what were the...
asked the Minister of Health what plans he has for the increased provision of day treatment in hospitals, similar to the experiment being operated by the Chichester Hospital Management Committee...
asked the Minister of Health if he will make a statement about the closing of the out-patient dispensary in the pharmaceutical department of St. Thomas's Hospital, London, because of the shortage...
asked the Minister of Health why he has instructed hospital authorities to discontinue the purchase of all patented drugs from unlicensed sources, in view of the fact that he proposes to invite...
asked the Minister of Health on what date he received a letter from the Aldershot Borough Council in relation to the provision of a new general hospital; when he expects to be in a position to...
asked the Minister of Health how many medical posts in the Newcastle Regional Hospital Board area remain unfilled; and how many posts have been vacant for longer than two months.
asked the Minister of Health what additional recruitment of architectural and engineering staff he expects will be required by the hospital building programme in 1962–63, 1963–64 and...
asked the Minister of Health if he is aware that the governors of the United Teaching Hospitals have decided to reduce the number of confinement cases at the Birmingham Maternity Hospital by 500...
asked the Minister of Health, in view of the effect of his proposals for a post-graduate medical school in Chelsea on St. Luke's Hospital and Western Hospital, what provision will be made for the...
asked the Minister of Health what improvements in the hospital service in north Staffordshire are at present being undertaken or planned.
asked the Minister of Health if he is aware of growing concern about the lack of recruitment to the nursing profession; and what action he intends taking to safeguard the future of the hospital...
asked the Minister of Health whether he intends to provide a new general hospital in south-east Durham; and whether the new town of Peterlee will be considered for its location in view of its...
asked the Minister of Health what is the approximate proportion of nurses and domestic staff to private fee-paying patients and to ordinary patients respectively in hospitals within the...
asked the Minister of Health what information he has to show the beneficial or the adverse consequences ensuing from the increase in the number of voluntary mental patients; and, approximately,...
asked the Minister of Health if he will require the regional hospital boards to arrange for notices to be placed in the out-patient departments of hospitals stating the amount that may be charged...
asked the Lord Privy Seal whether he will make a statement about a cease-fire in Laos, and about the proposed 14 nation Conference to be held in Geneva on 12th May.
asked the Lord Privy Seal whether he will now publish the text of the Treaty of Sib between the Sultan of Muscat and the Imam of Oman, in view of the fact that it was negotiated with the...
asked the Lord Privy Seal if he will state, with reference to the recent meeting at the Foreign Office of British representatives from West and Central African countries, what discussions took...
asked the Lord Privy Seal what information he has received through the United Nations, following their inquiry into the circumstances leading up to Mr. Lumumba's death, regarding a letter sent by...
asked the Lord Privy Seal what discussions he has had with members of the Spanish Government about their restrictions in relation to Gibraltar.
asked the Lord Privy Seal what decision he has now reached following his study of the relevant facts regarding claiming compensation from the Government of Denmark for the owners, officers and...
Mrs. Butler: asked the Lord Privy Seal if he will make a statment with regard to the progress of the discussions at Geneva on nuclear tests.
Miss Bacon (by Private Notice) asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement about yesterday's disturbance at Dartmoor.
Ordered,That this day Business other than the Business of Supply may be taken before Ten o'clock.—[Mr. R. A. Butler.]
[16TH ALLOTTED DAY]
Motion made, and Question proposed,
3.35 p.m.
Fertilisers (United Kingdom) Scheme, 1961 [draft laid before the House, 4th May], approved.—[Mr. Vane.]
Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Chichester-Clark.]
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