Tuesday, 5 December 1961
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[MR. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Bill to confirm a Provisional Order under the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act, 1936, relating to Edinburgh Corporation, presented by Mr. John Maclay (under Section 7 of the Act); and...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary for Science what advances have been made in this country during the last three months towards developing the uses of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes.
asked the Parliamentary Secretary for Science how many red deer stags were shot on the Island of Rhum in September and October of this year; what was their average weight, weighed without heart...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary for Science what progress has been made by the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research in the recruitment of engineering designers for the purpose of...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary for Science what investigations his Department have undertaken in the matter of eradication of strontium 90 from dried and natural milk, which can now be made to...
Mrs. Butler: asked the Parliamentary Secretary for Science if he will arrange for the publication of daily bulletins on the degree of radioactive contamination of air, water, foodstuffs and milk...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary for Science if he is aware that a fund to be known as the Lawson Tait Memorial Fund has been established and registered as a trust to find alternatives to the...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary for Science if he will state the number of scientists who are known to have left the United Kingdom during the past five years to take up scientific positions abroad.
asked the Parliamentary Secretary for Science how many scientists are employed, in Scotland, on all forms of research, in the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research; and what steps he...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary for Science whether he has now considered the Report of the Advisory Council on Scientific Policy on The Long-term Demand for Scientific Manpower, Command Paper...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary for Science how many companies contribute to the work of research associations; and what steps he is taking to encourage greater scientific and technological...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary for Science, in his study of the possibilities and advantages of space exploration by means of rockets, what information his Department has sought and received...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary for Science why the Natural Philosophy Department of Glasgow University was not provided by the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research with the...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary for Science if he will give an estimate of the number of scientists employed on defence, and of those employed in industry, education, health and other civil...
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs whether he will take powers to ensure that local authorities which have approved applications for improvement...
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs if he will introduce legislation empowering him to provide accommodation for persons evicted from their homes in...
Mrs. Butler: asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs how many housing authorities have now submitted their housing programmes in accordance with...
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs why the Edmonton Borough Council was refused permission to purchase compulsorily, in accordance with his...
Mrs. Slater: asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs (1) what effect the use of soft detergent has on river pollution; and how far its use could be extended;
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs when a public inquiry will be held to investigate objections to the Local Boundary Commission's proposals to...
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs whether he is now prepared to assist local authorities in the financing of the redevelopment of their towns and...
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs what amount was expended by local authorities, and what percentage of this sum was contributed by his Department,...
asked the Prime Minister whether he will arrange for the Chief Secretary to the Treasury to answer Parliamentary Questions.
asked the Prime Minister when he received a letter from Kirkcaldy Town Council calling attention to the need for Government action to remedy the effects of the closure of sixteen Scottish pits;...
asked the Prime Minister what discussions he has had with President Kennedy with regard to the President's recent proposal for a non-aggression pact between the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation...
asked the Prime Minister what review of security arrangements he has ordered as a consequence of the recent evidence on security concerning the atomic reactor in H.M.S. "Dreadnought", details of...
asked the Prime Minister if he will consider the appointment of a Secretary for Industrial Health and the establishment of a new department to promote and administer a comprehensive occupational...
asked the Prime Minister whether he will take steps to review the arrangements for the classification of official documents in Government Departments.
asked the Prime Minister if he is aware that trade and industry in the North of Scotland are suffering as a result of the lack of co-ordination between the policies of Her Majesty's Government...
asked the Prime Minister whether, in his forthcoming discussions with Dr. Adenauer, he will propose that, in the forthcoming negotiations with the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the...
The following Questions stood upon the Order Paper:
Mr. A. Henderson (by Private Notice) asked the Lord Privy Seal whether, in view of the criticism yesterday by Mr. Tshombe of the United Nations and its Secretary-General, he will make a statement...
3.49 p.m.
Resolution reported,That, for the purposes of any Act of the present Session to make temporary provision for controlling the immigration into the United Kingdom of Commonwealth citizens and to...
Considered in Committee.
I beg to move, in page 1, line 12, at the end to insert: or(b) a citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies; or".
Question put,That the Proceedings on the Commonwealth Immigrants Bill be exempted, at this day's
Again considered in Committee.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. J. E. B. Hill.]
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