Wednesday, 6 December 1961
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Considered; to be read the Third time Tomorrow.
asked the Minister of Labour how many unofficial strikes were reported to his Department between 1951 and 1960 inclusive.
asked the Minister of Labour if he is aware of the shortage of labour available for building municipal houses in Birmingham; and, in view of the housing authority's need for at least twice the...
asked the Minister of Labour what study he has made of the recommendations in the report of the Joint Standing Committee of the Pottery Industry, a copy of which has been sent to him; what action...
asked the Minister of Labour if he will consult the National Coal Board to find out how many miners due to become unemployed during the phased closure scheme will be partially disabled and...
asked the Minister of Labour if local employment exchanges have a list of those firms manufacturing for export in their areas; and whether such firms are given priority in their demands for labour.
asked the Minister of Labour (1) whether his attention has been drawn to the present dispute between Equity and the Independent Television Companies' Association; what steps he has taken with a...
asked the Minister of Labour what was the average of registered unemployed in Scotland in 1951 and in 1961 to date, respectively; and what were those averages expressed as a percentage of the...
asked the Minister of Labour if he will state the figures of unemployed in Cornwall to the latest available date.
Mr. Slater: asked the Minister of Labour what information he has regarding the closing down of Kleeware Plastics Factory at Aycliffe Trading Estate; and if he will make a statement.
asked the Minister of Labour on what date and where he last held a meeting with the Trades Union Congress to discuss the effect of unofficial strikes on the country; what was the result of that...
asked the Minister of Labour how many people were employed in Remploy factories in April, 1950, April, 1955, April, 1960, and on the most recent available date, respectively; and if he will make...
asked the Minister of Labour how many registered disabled persons were on the books of the Abertillery Employment Exchange on April, 1950, April, 1955, April, 1960, and on the most recent...
asked the Minister of Labour if he will state the percentage increase in the total of unemployment in the Northern Region at 13th November, 1961, as compared with 16th October, 1961, and the...
asked the Minister of Labour what steps are being taken by his Department in co-operation with the Trades Union Congress and employers' organisations to ensure that racial discrimination does not...
asked the Minister of Labour if he will give the figures, for each employment exchange area in the county of Durham, of unemployed, male and female, over the past 12 months from November, 1960 to...
asked the Minister of Labour (1) what steps he is taking to reduce the increased level of unemployment in the North-East;
asked the Minister of Labour why he deferred till 2nd April, 1962 the operation of increases in female laundry workers' wage rates granted by the Laundry Wages Council; and, in view of the low...
asked the Minister of Labour how many representations his Department has received protesting about the Government's failure to provide legislation for health, welfare and safety in shops and offices.
asked the Minister of Labour if he will state the average percentage of those unemployed during October who were registered port workers in London; and if he will make a statement.
asked the Minister of Labour, in view of the achievements of industrial rehabilitation centres in restoring the respect and usefulness of the disabled as well as providing sheltered employment...
Mr. Slater: asked the Minister of Labour how many are unemployed in the Sedgefield constituency; and how such figures compare with the 1960 figures.
asked the Minister of Labour what test is applied in the retention of blind persons in employment within institutions, for which he is responsible, established for the employment of blind persons.
Mr. Gresham Cooke: asked the Minister of Labour what study he has made of the report of a mission from the International Labour Office on the trade union situation in Sweden; and what action he...
Mr. Gresham Cooke: asked the Minister of Labour, what study he has made of the method of settlement of industrial disputes in Australia and the fall in working days lost between the years 1956...
Mr. H. Wilson: Mr. H. Wilson (by Private Notice) asked the Lord Privy Seal what information he has received from Her Majesty's Consul in Elizabethville about the fighting in Katanga and whether...
Mr. Speaker. I beg to ask leave to move, under Standing Order No. 9, the adjournment of the House for the purpose of discussing a definite matter of urgent public importance, namely, the...
Mr. Speaker, I beg to ask to move the adjournment of the House, under Standing Order No. 9, for the purpose of discussing a definite matter of urgent public importance, namely, the application by...
I beg to ask leave, Mr. Speaker, to move the adjournment of the House, under Standing Order No. 9, for the purpose of discussing a definite matter of urgent public importance, namely, the risk of...
Bill to amend the law of Scotland relating to damages and solatium by extending the entitlement of parents to sue in respect of the death of a child, and of a child to sue in respect of the death...
4.4. p.m.
Bill to enable new measures to be taken to abate the emission of diesel fumes from vehicles, presented accordingly and read the First time; to be read a Second time on Friday, 6th April, and to...
Considered in Committee [Progress, 5th December].
4.14 p.m.
Mr. Michael Hamilton discharged from the Estimates Committee; Mr. A. E. Cooper added.—[Mr. E. Wakefield.]
Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Hughes-Young.]
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