Thursday, 27 July 1961
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Lords Amendments considered and agreed to.
Read the Third time and passed, with Amendments.
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what was the total of eggs imported from Poland during the past twelve months; and what were the corresponding imports during each of the...
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will take steps to prohibit descriptive printing and labels on butter which imply that wholly or partially imported butter is wholly...
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what recent consultations he has had on the possibility of sending part of Great Britain's surplus dairy products, especially milk, to the...
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he has now received the report of the Committee inquiring into the incidence and cost of fowl pest.
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will make a statement on the working of Section 3 of the Agriculture (Safety, Health and Welfare Provisions) Act, 1956, regarding the...
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he is satisfied with the operation of Pant IV of the Agriculture Act, 1947, in giving smallholders, in present conditions, an...
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he is aware that food prices in Great Britain today are higher than in some Continental countries, despite the fact that £250...
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will state the figures of wholesale and retail prices for the main cuts of beef, lamb and mutton given to him in his recent talks with...
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will state the progress made by the Hull and East Yorkshire River Board in causing deficient wharves on the River Hull to be raised to...
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the total number of applications for grant under the Horticulture Improvement Scheme: how many have been accepted: the total value of the...
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what action he will take on the Food Standards Committee's Report on Bread and Flour.
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he is satisfied that the British Standards Institution's Consumer Services, covering advice, information, research, the adjustment of complaints and...
asked the President of the Board of Trade if the investigation into the Milk Marketing Board's application for anti-dumping duties on imported full cream and skim milk powder has yet been...
asked the President of the Board of Trade what is the estimated natural increase in the insured population of the Northern Region up to the end of 1963; how many new jobs are in prospect; and how...
Mr. Gresham Cooke: asked the President of the Board of Trade, in view of the fact that after four years of investigation the Monopolies Commission has reported that resale price maintenance does...
asked the President of the Board of Trade what plans he has for the disposal of Government-owned factories on the Team Valley Trading Estate and elsewhere in the North-East to private firms.
asked the President of the Board of Trade the number of persons employed on the trading estates in the North-East; and the number of jobs in prospect.
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that Jacksons Industries, Limited, proposes to close its Luton factory, where at least 1,100 people are employed, many of them of...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will consider building, purchasing, or fitting out a ship, suitable to be used as a floating trade fair ship, similar to the one the Japanese...
Mr. Gresham Cooke: asked the President of the Board of Trade whether, in view of the urgency of increasing exports and of providing inducements to industrialists to re-equip and reorganise their...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether his attention has been called to the circumstances in which a large proportion of a consignment of tortoises imported into this country via...
asked the President of the Board of Trade what progress he has made in his talks with M. Patolichev, Russia's Minister of Foreign Trade, for the increase of Anglo-Soviet trade; since the Union of...
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will state the present average length of time between applications for grants by firms under the Local Employment Act being received and a decision...
asked the President of the Board of Trade if the further discussions he has had with the Russians and other shippers of barley to the United Kingdom market satisfy him that the forward...
asked the President of the Board of Trade how many firms have shown an interest in the tenancy of the large empty Government-financed factory at Stockton-on-Tees since 18th April, 1961.
asked the President of the Board of Trade what assessment he has made of the consequences of British entry into the Common Market, with particular reference to an estimate of those countries,...
asked the Prime Minister whether he will consult the Prime Ministers of the other members of the Commonwealth with a view to a common initiative in favour of the seating of the Peking...
asked the Prime Minister what types of arms and equipment are now being exported to Portugal because they are suitable only for use in the fulfilment of North Atlantic Treaty Organisation obligations.
Mrs. Butler: asked the Prime Minister if he will move to appoint a Select Committee to consider revision of Private Bill Procedure and to report.
asked the Prime Minister when he expects to announce the names of the review body recommended by the Pilkington Commission to advise on doctors' remuneration; and if he will make a statement.
asked the Prime Minister whether he proposes to attend the September Session of the United Nations General Assembly as head of the United Kingdom delegation.
asked the Prime Minister what replies he has received from the Prime Ministers of the Commonwealth countries to his proposal that the declaration on disarmament, adopted at the recent...
asked the Prime Minister whether he has received a letter, dated 17th July, 1961, addressed to him by Chief Hosea Kutako, the chief of the Herero people, with reference to the suspension by the...
asked the Prime Minister in view of the urgent necessary for long-term planning of British Industry, as revealed by the recent decisions of Her Majesty's Government in relation to the economic...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what are the total amounts now outstanding of dated and undated Government stocks, respectively; (2) what presently issued dated Government stocks will...
May I ask the Leader of the House whether he will state the business of the House for next week?
Order read for resuming adjourned debate on Amendment to Question [26th July]:That this House endorses the policy of Her Majesty's Government as outlined by the Chancellor of the Exchequer on...
6.30 p.m.
Question again proposed, That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the Question.
Motion made, and Question proposed,That the Surcharge on Revenue Duties Order, 1961 (S.I., 1961, No. 1388), dated 24th July 1961, a copy of which was laid before this House on 25th July, be...
Motion made, and Question proposed.That the Exchequer Advances (Limit) (No. 2) Order, 1961, dated 24th July, 1961, a copy of which was laid before this House on 25th July, be approved.—[Mr....
Motion made, and Question proposed.That this House do now adjourn.—[Sir H. Harrison.]
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