Wednesday, 1 May 1963
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
I beg to present a Petition to this honourable House on behalf of Noel David Sleigh, esquire, a partner in the firm of Hatchett Jones and Company, solicitors for Chief Anthony Enahoro of Nigeria....
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he is aware of the need for reconstructing and extending the fish market wharves in Aberdeen concerning which he has been in consultation with...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he is aware of the disparities between the salaries and conditions of service of probation officers in different parts of Great Britain, and that...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give an estimate of the cost of providing the roads which will be necessary to provide alternative transport to meet the implementation of...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what new industries were established in the new town of Cumbernauld from 1st April, 1962, to 1st April, 1963; and what was the number of new jobs provided.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what response has been made to the appeals for married and other nurses to return to the profession in the hospitals and infirmaries of Glasgow; how many...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what access to police files and records is given to ex-policemen subsequently employed as security staff with other organisations.
asked the Secretary of State far Scotland how many individual applications have been made to him to date by local authorities in Scotland under Section 5 of the Local Employment Act; and how many...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make a statement on the progress of the Forth Road Bridge; and on what date he expects the work to be completed.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland to what extent road accidents involving motor vehicles are classified and recorded by his Department.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what proportion of pupils left school in 1962 before completing the three-year secondary course; and how this compares with 1961 and 1960, respectively.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the number of sixth form classes now functioning in the Scottish public schools under his jurisdiction, and what number of pupils those classes enrol.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the extent of the reductions in the school building programmes submitted to him by the Scottish education authorities that he has decided to...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what proportion of junior secondary schools in Scotland provide extended courses; and what proportion of the junior secondary school population follow...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many schemes of hydro-electric generation proposed by the North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board are awaiting authorisation.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will state the estimated cost of the technical colleges being built in Kilmarnock and Ayr, respectively; and how these figures compare with the...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what steps are being taken to assess lobster stocks round Orkney and Shetland; and whether he has any evidence that stocks are in danger of being depleted.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will estimate the cost to local authorities, and other public bodies, of providing roads, water, power, houses, schools, medical facilities and...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what representations he has had from Scottish local authorities and other bodies about the effect of the Beeching Report on the Scottish economy.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he has investigated the reasons for the high death rate from bronchitis in Scotland; and what plans he has to deal with the situation.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he has now given further consideration to the appointment of principal teachers of science and mathematics on a basis similar to that for principal...
Mr. Hill: asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many local authorities in Scotland provide chiropodist treatment; and how many do not provide such treatment.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland the average weekly earnings of regular adult male agricultural workers in Scotland during the most recent 12-month period for which these figures are...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland the total value of local government rate-borne expenditure for the years 1950–51 and 1962–63, respectively, and the total amount of interest...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what were the total interest charges, repayable over 60 years, incurred by local authorities in Scotland for a house built at a cost of £2,000 in...
I beg to give notice that on Friday, 10th May, I shall call attention to the need for more dynamic policies to help to raise living standards in the under-developed countries, and move a Resolution.
I beg to give notice that on Friday, 10th May, I shall call attention to the need for expanding university and higher education, and move a Resolution.
I beg to give notice that on Friday, 10th May, I shall call attention to the need for a full appraisal of the export potential of individual British industries, and move a Resolution.
Mr. Speaker, I beg to draw your attention and that of the House to what I regard as a gross breach of Privilege on page 2 of today's Daily Express. Under the heading: Heath and Harry go a-wooing...
As amended (in the Standing Committee), considered.
A contract of employment made between an employer who, at the time of the commencement of that employment is a member of an association of employers, and an employee who, at the said time, is a...
I beg to move, in page 1, line 8, to leave out "two years" and to insert "twenty-six weeks".
I beg to move, in page 2, line 13, to leave out from the first "for" to the end of line 17 and to insert: twenty-six weeks or more, the provisions of Schedule (Rights of employee in period of...
Amendment made: In page 3, line 3. leave out "Schedule 2" and insert: Schedule (Rights of employee in period of notice)".—[Mr. Whitelaw.]
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I beg to move, in page 6, line 31, to leave out "or to" and to insert "in".
list of the family, I shall have some objections to make at that stage.
Preliminary
9.0 p.m.
Order for Second Reading read.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. MacArthur]
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