Monday, 30 July 1962
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:
The VICE-CHAMBERLAIN OF THE HOUSEHOLD reported Her Majesty's Answer to the Address, as follows:
Lords Amendments considered and agreed to.
Lords Amendment considered and agreed to.
As amended, to be considered Tomorrow.
Standing Order 208 (Notice of Consideration of Lords Amendments) suspended until the Summer Adjournment;
Read the Third time and passed.
With your permission, Mr. Speaker, and that of the House, I beg leave to present a Petition on behalf of a number of residents in Manor Ward in my constituency, including my predecessor in this...
Address for Returnshowing (1) Particulars of all Aliens and British Protected Persons to whom Certificates of Naturalisation have been issued and whose Oaths of Allegiance have, during the year...
asked the Minister of Health if he will make a statement on the progress made in the building of the new operating theatre at Dryburn Hospital, Durham.
asked the Minister of Health why the proportion of hospital capital expenditure on out-patient and casualty departments decreased during 1960–61 compared with the average capital...
asked the Minister of Health, why he will not advise hospital authorities that they may purchase drugs from firms which have made application under Section 41 of the Patents Act, 1949, for a...
asked the Minister of Health what reply he has sent to the letter sent to him by the Blackburn branch of the Confederation of Health Service Employees forwarding a petition signed by nearly 200...
asked the Minister of Health what is the average waiting time for people in need of operations at hospitals in Leicester; whether he is aware that in some instances the time is as long as six...
asked the Minister of Health whether he will arrange to visit the George Eliot, the Manor and Bramcote hospitals in Nuneaton.
asked the Minister of Health, in view of the small amounts of money annually devoted to medical research by regional hospital boards, what plans he has for stimulating such local research.
asked the Minister of Health if he will amend the regulations so as to enable executive councils to exercise, in respect of hospital prescriptions dispensed by retail chemists, powers similar to...
asked the Minister of Health what was the total number of hospital beds available in Coventry in August, 1939; and what is the number available today.
asked the Minister of Health what decision has been taken by the Shrewsbury Hospital Management Committee regarding the selling of land for the purposes of establishing a private nursing home;...
Mr. H. Wilson: asked the Minister of Health why the Fazakerley Hospital project, originally approved by his Department as due to begin in 1961–62, will not now begin until after 1965.
Mrs. Slater: asked the Minister of Health how many hospital boards are now using radiographers from private contract firms.
asked the Minister of Health why a visiting consultant who rents a consulting room in the vicinity of a hospital for one day each week, but is giving three days' service, is not allowed a mileage...
asked the Minister of Health what was the average age at death from silicosis and silico-tuberculosis in pottery workers in North Staffordshire in the years 1932, 1942, and 1952, and at the...
asked the Minister of Health whether he has noted that the decennial report of occupational mortality by the Registrar General for the period 1949–53 shows that mortality from lung cancer...
asked the Minister of Health when a decision may now be expected on the supply of a small Ministry car to Mr. Anthony Grant of 15 Fairfield, Herstmonceux, Sussex, first raised in a letter to him...
asked the Minister of Health what action he proposes to take to implement the report of the Scott Sub-Committee on the Training of Staff of Training Centres for the Mentally Subnormal.
asked the Minister of Health whether his attention has been drawn to the hazard to dental health resulting from iced lollies containing high concentrations of citric or tartaric acid; and what...
asked the Minister of Health how many accidents in the home and in places of employment, respectively, in the form of burns and scalds were notified to the health authorities in Nottingham during...
asked the Minister of Health if, in view of the twelve months' experience following the introduction of the 2s. prescription charge, which indicates a fall of nearly 14 per cent. in the number of...
asked the Minister of Health what preparations he is making to ensure that, if Great Britain joins the Common Market, Continental drags which would not pass British pharmaceutical tests will not...
asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware of the shortage of dentists in West Bromwich; and what proposals he has to meet it.
asked the Minister of Health what were the numbers of abnormal births in 1960, 1961, and 1962, respectively; and if he will make a statement.
asked the Minister of Health (1) whether he is satisfied with the results of his campaign to increase the present rate of infant vaccination against smallpox; and if he will make a statement;...
Mrs. Slater: asked the Minister of Health to what extent dentists are refusing to take adults on their lists under the National Health Service.
asked the Minister of Health what steps he has taken to ensure that piece-rate payment for dental treatment does not result in poor quality work.
asked the Minister of Labour if he will take steps to provide resettlement grants to cover travelling, removal, out-of-pocket and family expenses for unemployed persons moving to new employment.
asked the Minister of Labour what is the number of adult men and women registered as unemployed at the Clydebank and Kirkintilloch employment exchanges; and what steps he is taking to place these...
asked the Minister of Labour what steps are being taken to deal with the increase in unemployment of young people in Ashington, Northumberland, which is 40 per cent. greater than in May, 1961;...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware of the concern felt in Newcastle-upon-Tyne over the difficulties of employment for school leavers; and what steps his Department is taking to...
asked the Minister of Labour what, in each quarter of 1961 and in the first two quarters of 1962, was the percentage increase over the preceding quarter of the weekly wage rates of all workers.
(by Private Notice) asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what steps he is taking to maintain the employment of 2,000 Kenya teachers who are threatened with dismissal on Wednesday due to...
With your permission, Mr. Speaker, and that of the House, I wish to make a statement on the progress of the Brussels negotiations. A meeting of Ministers took place in Brussels from 24th to 28th...
Considered in Committee; reported, without Amendment.
3.59 p.m.
6.20 p.m.
9.57 p.m.
11.33 p.m.
6.42 a.m.
7.54 a.m.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. 1. Fraser.]
8.59 a.m.
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