Thursday, 4 April 1963
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Read the Third time and passed.
I have been asked by the Trustees of the British Museum to present a Petition, which they have to submit to this House each year, explaining their financial position and praying for aid. The...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will now make a statement on the introduction of legislation to provide for compensation, by the State and by those convicted of crimes...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what further progress has now been made in enabling prisoners to earn adequate wages for work done while they are serving their sentences, in...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether any monkeys, dogs, cats, horses, donkeys or mules have been used in trying to induce lung cancer through the inhalation of tobacco smoke.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of those prisoners who have served sentences of one year or more subsequently suffer a further conviction.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will now consider the need to establish a service for the after-care of prisoners, especially those released after serving long...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many women have been sent to prison under the Street Offences Act, since the Act came into operation; and if he will make a statement on...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the average number of hours worked per week by male prisoners in Her Majesty's local prisons.
Mr. Compton Carr: asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what considerations he is giving to the future of the probation service in London.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether, in view of the doubts that exist, he will draw the attention of all concerned to the rules and regulations relating to the conditions...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will now give the names of the departmental committee inquiring into the law and practice relating to jury service.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many attempts have been made to commit suicide in Durham prison during the past three years.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will introduce legislation to extend the jurisdiction of magistrates' courts under Section 14 of the Criminal Justice...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many convictions there have been for being in possession of dangerous drugs since 1st July, 1962; how many of those convicted were...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many convictions there have been for living on immoral earnings for the Metropolitan Police District since 1st July, 1962; how many of...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department in how many counties in England and Wales the Hawkers Act, 1888, operates at the present day; and how many prosecutions have taken place in...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if, in view of public concern with the increasing number of wage robberies and their greater violence, he will introduce legislation to impose...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what discussions he has had with the British Broadcasting Corporation and the Independent Television Authority concerning the inquiry into the...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what representations he has received from the Dartmoor branch of the Prison Officers' Association regarding the substitution of psychiatric...
Mrs. Butler: asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will launch a scheme for the prevention of juvenile delinquency, inviting the cooperation of parents, teachers, youth...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will instruct the Metropolitan Police to treat as an offence under the Litter Act the attaching of circulars to the outside of parked cars.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many betting shops have been opened in England and Wales since they became legally permissible; what information he has in respect of the...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if, in view of the need to improve the employ- ment situation in the boot and shoe industry, he will increase his Department's purchase of...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what requirements he has imposed upon tobacco products, including cigarettes, under Section 1 of the Consumer Protection Act, 1961, in order...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he intends to lay the order reducing the minimum age for borstal training from 16 to 15 years.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will now make arrangements to harmonise Summer Time in the United Kingdom and Europe.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if, when he first considered Chief Anthony Enahoro's request for political asylum in Great Britain, he was in possession of a copy of the...
asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of the new deadlock at Geneva, he will propose to President Kennedy and Mr. Khrushchev that the three Foreign Ministers should again participate in the...
asked the Prime Minister if he will seek a meeting with representatives of the Scottish Trades Union Congress, in order to discuss the implications of the policy proposals suggested by him in...
asked the Prime Minister what communication he has had from the Prime Minister of Northern Ireland regarding the effect of the proposed closing of the railways linking Belfast and London and...
asked the Prime Minister if the public statement made by the Foreign Secretary at his Press conference in Tokyo on Friday, 29th March, on trade with the State-trading countries represents the...
Mr. H. Wilson: May I ask the Leader of the House to state the business of the House for next week?
Bill to authorise the Board of Trade to make advances to Wiggins, Teape & Co. Limited in connection with the construction and equipment of pulp and paper mills in the neighbourhood of Fort...
Considered in Committee [Progress, 3rd April].
Question again proposed.That it is expedient to amend the law with respect to the national debt and the public revenue and to make further provision in connection with finance, so, however, that...
3.40 p.m.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. McLaren.]
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