Tuesday, 14 May 1963
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Lords Amendments considered and agreed to.
Read the Third time and passed.
As amended, considered; to be read the Third time.
asked the Postmaster-General when he expects to start work on the new sub-post office in King Oswy Drive, Hartlepool, recently approved by his Department.
asked the Postmaster-General what plans he is making to deliver the 220,000 sacks of mail which are at present carried each year by rail between Inverness and Kyle of Lochalsh, in view of the...
asked the Postmaster-General if he is aware that a Christmas card, sent from London by air-mail to an address in Nassau in December, 1959, was returned to the sender on 25th April, 1963, the...
asked the Postmaster-General what steps he proposes to take to ensure an adequate Post Office service in the towns of Shipley and Bingley.
asked the Postmaster-General if he will make a statement on the effect which railway station closures recommended by the Beeching Report will have on postal services in north-east Scotland,...
asked the Postmaster-General why the request of Dumbarton Town Council to his Department to install cables during the construction of the new road at the same time as the other services are being...
asked the Postmaster-General how many pillar boxes in the Metropolitan area, the City of London and Leicester are fitted with 7-inch openings; and, in view of the impossibility of posting larger...
asked the Postmaster-General if he will give the year when all the vans in his Department will possess heaters.
asked the Postmaster-General if he will make a statement about the future of the post office at Rednal, near Birmingham.
asked the Postmaster-General when he expects to make a decision on the siting of the communications tower in the Wootton-under-Edge area of Gloucestershire.
asked the Postmaster-General what decision he has reached on the starting date for the Crown post office at Shotts.
asked the Postmaster-General when a sub-post office will be provided to serve the needs of Saltaire village, Shipley.
asked the Postmaster-General what progress is being made with the introduction of quarterly billing of telephone accounts.
asked the Postmaster-General what proportion of telephone subscribers in Scotland is able to make use of subscriber trunk dialling.
asked the Postmaster-General if he is satisfied that the new telephone is sufficiently robust for general working conditions; and if he will indicate the rate of damage suffered by new...
asked the Postmaster-General how many residents in the Borough of Acton have applied for and are still awaiting telephones; and what is the average waiting time for telephone installation in the area.
asked the Postmaster-General if he will change his policy whereby he refuses telephones to would-be subscribers if it entails erecting further telephone wires.
asked the Postmaster-General how many applicants are now waiting for telephone service in Mid-Ulster; and how many telephones were installed in 1962.
asked the Postmaster-General if he is aware that residents on the Highlands Estate, Bucklebury, including elderly people in ill-health, have been told that they will have to wait two years before...
asked the Postmaster-General whether the British Broadcasting Corporation has yet completed its survey of radio reception in Northern Ireland on 224 metres; and what have been its findings.
asked the Postmaster-General what proportion of broadcasting time has been devoted to purely North-East programmes, following the separation of the North-East wavelength from Northern Ireland.
asked the Postmaster-General if he will seek to establish a television viewers council which will consult viewers with the object of advising him on the suitability, desirability and...
asked the Postmaster-General if he will introduce legislation to ensure that the British Broadcasting Corporation and the Independent Television Authority avoid the continued coincidence of...
asked the Postmaster-General if he will use his powers under Section 15(4) of the Licence and Agreement to ensure that the British Broadcasting Corporation refrain from broadcasting plays...
asked the Postmaster-General if he is aware of the concern in the borders of Scotland regarding the poor television reception of the British Broadcasting Corporation; and, in view of the erection...
asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of current public feeling, he will consider advising the cancellation or postponement of the proposed visit to Britain of the Greek Royal Family.
asked the Prime Minister whether he will make a statement on his proposed plan to engage in regular Press conferences.
asked the Prime Minister if he will appoint a Minister of Road Safety.
asked the Prime Minister what communication he has had recently with the President of the United States in relation to the proposed allied agreement to create a multilateral North Atlantic Treaty...
The following Question stood upon the Order Paper:
I beg to give notice that on Wednesday, 29th May, I shall call attention to the need for greater control of imports of foreign food, and move a Resolution.
I beg to give notice that on Wednesday, 29th May, I shall call attention to the problem of rating, and move a Resolution.
I beg to give notice that on Wednesday, 29th May, I shall call attention to the need for greater public control of nursing homes and other private residential provision for the aged and infirm,...
3.36 p.m.
Bill to limit the total amount which may be paid by way of deposit and instalments under a hire-purchase agreement or a credit-sale agreement to 150 per cent. of the sum stated as the cash price...
Considered in Committee.
Question proposed, That the Clause stand part of the Bill.
I beg to move, in page 2, line 15, after "person" to insert: not exempted from the operation of this subsection".
Question proposed, That the Clause stand part of the Bill.
Question proposed, That the Clause stand part of the Bill.
Question proposed, That the Clause stand part of the Bill.
I beg to move, in page 68, line 27, after "beer", to insert: or of a corresponding licence granted in Northern Ireland". The point about this Amendment is simple, although technical. The object...
Question proposed, That the Clause stand part of the Bill.
Question proposed, That the Clause stand part of the Bill.
Question proposed, That the Clause stand part of the Bill.
Motion made and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. I. Fraser.]
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