Monday, 23 October 1961
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
asked the Minister of Health what new instructions he has given to his representatives on the Health Service Whitley Councils in the light of Government policy on wages and salaries in the public...
asked the Minister of Health what amounts of cod liver oil, vitamins A and D tablets, and orange juice were distributed by the Health Department of the County of Middlesex for the eight weeks...
asked the Minister of Health when he received the claim of the dispensing chemists for professional fees and increased remuneration; what reply he has made; and what steps he is taking to...
asked the Minister of Health what was the total number of live births in the area within the control of the Lichfield, Tamworth and Sutton Coldfield Hospital Management Committee for the last...
asked the Minister of Health whether he is satisfied that the present organisation of midwives under the National Health Service Act, 1946, Part 3 is operating smoothly in rural areas; and...
asked the Minister of Health when he intends to destroy the census forms of the 1961 Census.
asked the Minister of Health which of the recommendations of the Franks Committee relating to the National Health Service Tribunal he intends to implement.
asked the Minister of Health what instructions, or guidance, he proposes to give to executive councils to deal with applications made by non-British residents or visitors to the United Kingdom...
asked the Minister of Health what action he is taking to obtain fuller information about production costs, profits margins and sales promotion costs of pharmaceutical manu- facturers in the...
asked the Minister of Health what provision he makes under the National Health Act for the supply of special aids for deaf children who are unable to use the standard aid supplied through the...
asked the Minister of Health if he will make a statement on the steps he has taken to obtain cheaper drugs from abroad.
asked the Minister of Health what is the difference in fee charged under the National Health Service for medical certification for cremation and for burial; why this difference exists; and if he...
asked the Minister of Health what was the average amount per person spent within the National Health Service on health in Great Britain for the last three years to a convenient date.
asked the Minister of Health if he has yet given consideration to the Report on Private Nursing Homes sent to him on behalf of the National Corporation for the Care of Old People; and what action...
asked the Minister of Health whether he is satisfied that there is now a vaccine which is an effective prophylactic against rabies; and whether he is reducing the present six months' quarantine...
asked the Minister of Health if he will state the cost of advertising staff vacancies in the National Health Service for the most recent period of 12 months for which figures are available.
asked the Minister of Health in view of his Department's responsibility for the health of the people of this country, what information he has received from the Minister of Science regarding the...
asked the Minister of Health what advice he has given or proposes to give to hospital authorities with regard to the placing of certain hospital services, such as catering and the cleaning of...
asked the Minister of Health if he will now make a statement on the ten-year hospital building programme.
asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware of the acute shortage of nursing staff at Storthes Hall Hospital, Huddersfield; and whether he will now permit the management committee to run a...
asked the Minister of Health if he will make a statement following the consideration he has given to the report of the South Western Regional Hospital Board on the reclassification of Ronald...
asked the Minister of Health if he will state the numbers of children now awaiting treatment for the removal of tonsils and adenoids in West Bromwich.
asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that the Dental Hospital, Bristol, suffers from a shortage of technicians owing to lack of finance, and that in consequence there are prolonged...
asked the Lord Privy Seal whether he is aware that there is no law which ensures the punishment of persons who have exported animals under such conditions that they can be eaten in transport by...
asked the Lord Privy Seal what progress has been made in the negotiations on the proposed entry of the United Kingdom into the Common Market and if he will make a statement.
asked the Lord Privy Seal whether he has yet decided to accede to the Convention on Genocide; and if he will make a statement.
asked the Lord Privy Seal if he will make a statement on the present position in the Berlin crisis.
asked the Lord Privy Seal on what date the United Nations requested permission for Ethiopian jet fighters to overfly and refuel in British East Africa; and on what date permission was granted.
asked the Lord Privy Seal what protests he has received from the Government of South Vietnam about violations of the Geneva Agreement by the Communist authorities of North Vietnam; and what...
asked the Lord Privy Seal by whom Her Majesty's Government was represented at the recent celebration of the 25th anniversary of the coming to power of the present Spanish Head of State; and what...
asked the Lord Privy Seal if he will make a statement on the arrests, assaults and affronts committed against United Kingdom and British-protected subjects by United Nations troops during their...
asked the Lord Privy Seal to what extent Her Majesty's Government have protested against the new series of nuclear and thermo-nuclear tests being conducted by the Union of Soviet Socialist...
(by Private Notice) asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will grant political asylum to Fernando Rosa, a refugee from Mozambique, now held in Winchester Prison.
(by Private Notice) asked the Minister of Labour whether he will make a further statement on the strike situation and payment of unemployment benefit at Port Talbot.
3.43 p.m.
Lords Amendments:In page 14, line 42, leave out "or who live in".
Lords Amendment:In page 18, line 24, leave out "subsection" and insert "section".
Lords Amendment:In page 19, line 37, leave out from "under" to "is" in line 38, and insert: section fourteen, section fifteen or section sixteen of this Act
Lords Amendment:In page 24, line 20, leave out from "but" to end of line 21 and insert: comprises separate dwellings, two or more of which do not
Lords Amendment:In page 24, line 40, leave out "the next following section" and insert "twenty-two".
Lords Amendment:In page 24, line 41, at end insert new Clause A:
5.0. p.m.
Motion made and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Chichester-Clark.]
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