Wednesday, 13 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 Defence what plans he has for the future of the Singapore base on the establishment of the Malaysian Federation; and whether he will give an assurance that there will be no...
asked the Minister of Defence (1) if he is satisfied that enough officers, ratings and civilians are employed in the intelligence sections of the Service Departments; and if he will make a...
asked the Minister of Defence how many members of the Army, the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force, respectively, were born in Southern Ireland, are citizens of other Commonwealth countries or...
asked the Minister of Defence how many decorations, excluding campaign stars, were awarded to persons born in Southern Ireland, to citizens of other Commonwealth countries and to citizens of the...
Mrs. Butler: asked the Minister of Defence what new arrangements are being made to use Woomera rocket range for testing atomic devices.
asked the Minister of Defence what new proposals he has for providing the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, and the United States and German Governments with facilities for military, naval and...
asked the Minister of Defence why Royal Air Force V-bombers based on Singapore are being exercised for the contingency of a war with China.
asked the Minister of Defence what decision has been made by the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation about the creation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation Nuclear Authority.
asked the Minister of Defence if he will list the six highest positions in the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation held by German officers; if he will state the number and percentage of German...
asked the Minister of Defence what is the policy of Her Majesty's Government within the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation regarding control by the Organisation of nuclear weapons and warheads.
asked the Minister of Defence whether he will give an assurance that compulsory military service will not be restored, nor will National Service men be used, to help the Governments of the North...
asked the Minister of Defence what steps he is taking to secure better integration between Civil Defence forces and the Armed Services, with a view to achieving greater efficiency; and if he will...
asked the Minister of Defence if he will make a statement on his official conversation last week with Mr. Macnamara, the American Secretary for Defence.
asked the Civil Lord of the Admiralty what effect the reorganisation of Chatham Dockyard has had upon efficiency and the costs of production.
asked the Civil Lord of the Admiralty why he has refused to make an increase of £1 per week awarded by the Industrial Court to 2,364 Admiralty employees.
asked the Civil Lord of the Admiralty if he will now publish the result of the investigation recently put in hand concerning the application of Polaris to Her Majesty's submarines; and if he will...
asked the Civil Lord of the Admiralty if he is aware that air-conditioning has not been incorporated in the barrack blocks in Hong Kong now under construction; and if he will ensure that in any...
asked the Civil Lord of the Admiralty how many nuclear physicists are employed at the Yarrow Research Establishment on marine nuclear propulsion.
asked the Civil Lord of the Admiralty what was the result of the Board of Inquiry set up by the Admiralty to look into the use of naval signal rockets at a Guy Fawkes party at Chatham on 4th November.
asked the Civil Lord of the Admiralty what assistance was rendered by Her Majesty's Navy in the making of a colour film to advertise a brand of cigarettes.
asked the Civil Lord of the Admiralty if he will give general instructions to his Department to settle debts as promptly as possible, and, in particular, to pay forthwith the balance owed to...
asked the Civil Lord of the Admiralty what is the aircraft carrier building programme for the Royal Navy.
asked the Civil Lord of the Admiralty what further steps have been taken in the provision of new living accommodation for the artificer apprentices at H.M.S. "Caledonia".
asked the Civil Lord of the Admiralty if he will make a statement on the Anglo-Spanish naval exercise in the Mediterranean from 11th December to 19th December.
asked the Civil Lord of the Admiralty what warships were present at the opening of Lord Nelson's Dockyard at Antigua; and by whom the Royal Navy was represented.
asked the Secretary of State for War what steps he is taking in connection with pensions for Polish and other foreign personnel, who fought from this country during the war, for whom he has...
asked the Secretary of State for War what modernisation has taken place since 1945 in the barracks and married quarters at Gibraltar.
asked the Secretary of State for War (1) what facilities have been given to the military mission from Spain, headed by Colonel Joaquin Lopez, to visit the fighting vehicles development...
asked the Secretary of State for War what action he intends to take to clear the name of Fusilier Marsh, who was wrongfully arrested by civilian police at the request of his Department, and on...
asked the Secretary of State for War what representations he has received from the Officers' Pension Society asking that all retired pay and widows' pensions should be reviewed immediately, and...
I beg to ask leave 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 decision of Her...
3.33 p.m.
Bill to make it an offence to discriminate to the detriment of any person on the grounds of colour, race or religion in the United Kingdom and to incite publicly contempt or hatred of any person...
As amended (in the Standing Committee), considered.
A widow's basic pension payable by virtue of the National Insurance (Pensions. Existing Beneficiaries and Other Persons) (Transitional) Regulations, 1948, shall be increased to twenty shillings...
(1) No deductions shall be made from a widowed mother's allowance in respect of her earnings; and accordingly section seventeen of the National Insurance Act, 1946 (which provides, inter alia,...
(1) Section nineteen of the National Insurance Act, 1946 (which contains provisions entitling persons in certain circumstances to a guardian's allowance and further provides for the modification...
8.0 p.m.
I beg to move, in page 16, line 41, to leave out sub-paragraph (3) and to insert: (3) As regards benefit under the National Insurance (Industrial Injuries) Acts, 1946 to 1960, provision may be...
Amendments made: In page 21, line 13, at end insert: 10. Regulations made for the purposes of sub-paragraph (3) of paragraph 1 of the Second Schedule to this Act may, as respects cases where a...
Amendments made: In page 27, line 24, column 3, at end insert "(2)".
National Insurance (Married Women) Amendment Regulations, 1961,[draft laid before the House 28th November], approved.—[Mr, Boyd-Carpenter.]
10.1 p.m.
Resolution reported,That an humble Address be presented to Her Majesty praying that Her Majesty will give directions that there be presented, on behalf of this House, a Mace to the House of...
Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. E. Wakefield.]
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