Wednesday, 8 November 1961
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
The VICE-CHAMBERLAIN OF THE HOUSEHOLD reported Her Majesty's Answer to the Address, as follows:
asked the Minister of Defence what British troops are left in Kuwait;and what was the total cost of this operation.
asked the Minister of Defence if he will make a statement on the proposals to recruit outside these islands for the Armed Forces.
asked the Minister of Defence if he will undertake no more nuclear test explosions for at least twelve months.
asked the Minister of Defence if he will make a statement on his recent consultations with the United States Deputy Secretary for Defence.
asked the Minister of Defence whether there is a North Atlantic Treaty Organisation requirement for the development of a vertical take-off and landing fighter and/or strike aircraft;and whether...
asked the Minister of Defence to what extent the cost of maintaining British forces in Germany will increase during the coming year.
asked the Minister of Defence what plans Her Majesty's Government have for the manufacture of a neutron bomb.
asked the Minister of Defence what plans he has for increasing the strategic mobility of United Kingdom forces.
asked the Minister of Defence to what extent paragraph 12 of the White Paper on Defence, 1958, remains the basis of Her Majesty's Government's defence policy.
asked the Minister of Defence what further redeployment of the air, sea and land forces of the Crown he is proposing in order to strengthen Great Britain's contribution to the North Atlantic...
asked the Minister of Defence what consultations he had with the Secretary of State for War and the Secretary of State for Air before approval was given to the order for five Vickers VC 10...
asked the Minister of Defence what consideration he has given to reducing the number of Service personnel stationed in Hong Kong.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he is aware that substantial differences exist between grants to university students in England and Scotland respectively, and that these differences...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will state to the latest convenient date the number of mobile X-ray units for the detection of disease in operation in Scotland; where they are...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many persons appeared before the Sheriff of Argyll during the period January-September, 1961; what were the charges against them; how many were...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what measures he has in mind to speed up the flow of road traffic between Fife and Glasgow, particularly on the section from Larbert Cross to the new...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he is aware of the decision of Glasgow Corporation to ask contractors tendering for building work valued at £10,000 or over to supply details of...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give the names of those objectors to the Glen Nevis Hydro-Electric Scheme who represented to him that the public inquiry should be delayed...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether all Scottish hydro-electric capital projects are to be held up until the Mackenzie Committee has completed its investigations; and when he...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will authorise the immediate distribution of dried milk for children since the concentration of iodine in milk in Scotland has now far exceeded an...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will state the number of shelters in Scotland now available for protection against fall-out.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland when he proposes to introduce legislation to amend the law of intestacy.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what would be the total interest charges on a house costing £1,500 built in October, 1951, with money borrowed from the Public Works Loan Board; and...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what representations he has made to the Treasury Valuer on the assessments of houses attached to hospitals.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he is aware of the general public discontent with his proposals for the Royal College of Science and Technology in Glasgow; and what steps he is...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will now give the date of commencement of building at Strathclyde Hospital, Motherwell, of the new out-patient clinic.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether, in view of the difference in severity which may result between a fine and the period of imprisonment imposed in default of payment, he will take...
asked the Minister of Transport if he is now in a position to state his conclusions on the experimental one-way working carried out in the Piccadilly area.
asked the Minister of Transport why, under his regulations, a visitor's driving licence can be issued without it being ascertained whether the holder is proficient in driving by United Kingdom...
asked the Minister of Transport whether he will take steps to revise and increase the statutory requirements regarding tests of lorry brakes and similar vehicles.
Mr. J. Wells: asked the Minister of Transport what progress has been made with the electrification, under the capital development plan, of railway lines in Kent in the past year; and what...
asked the Minister of Transport what action has been taken by him, in accordance with the recommendations made by local government organisations, to set up a working party to examine the whole...
asked the Minister of Transport if he will make a statement about the proposed construction of a nuclear-powered merchant vessel: what is the earliest date on which such a vessel could be...
With permission, Mr. Speaker, I will now make a statement about the visit of Her Majesty the Queen to Ghana. I told the House on Monday that I thought it right that my right hon. Friend the...
Order for Second Reading read.
[Queen's Recommendation signified]
Order for Second Reading read.
Motion made, and Question put:— That the Proceedings on Government Business be exempted, at this day's Sitting, from the provisions of Standing Order No. 1 (Sittings of the...
Question again proposed,That the words proposed to be left out stand part of the Question.
Read a Second time.
[Queen's Recommendation signified.]
Select Committee appointed to examine the Reports and Accounts of the Nationalised Industries established by Statute whose controlling Boards are appointed by Ministers of the Crown and whose...
Motion made, and Question proposed,That this House do now adjourn.— [Mr. E. Wakefield.]
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