Monday, 27 May 1963
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Read a second time and committed.
Read a second time and committed.
asked the Attorney-General whether he is aware of the widespread system under which one leaseholder in a block is responsible for collecting ground rents from his neighbours; and whether he will...
asked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance how many discretionary grants for clothing were made by the National Assistance Board during 1962.
asked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance how many widows whose husbands were in receipt of benefit as persons suffering from pneumoconiosis were denied, during the last five years,...
asked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance if he is aware there are 71 school-leavers in Buckhaven looking for work, and that many of them have been unemployed for long periods; and...
asked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance in how many cases in each of the last three years claims for disablement benefit have been rejected on appeal on the ground that the worker...
asked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance what would be the estimated cost of continuing the widowed mother's allowance in respect of boys and girls awaiting university places.
asked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance whether he will seek powers to enable him to make the discretionary payment of a widow's pension to a woman who has lived with an insured...
asked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance the estimated cost of abolishing the earnings rule in respect of widowed mothers.
asked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance if he will amend the National Insurance (Seasonal Workers) Regulations, 1950, to enable persons to draw unemployment benefit during the whole...
asked the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance if he will estimate the additional number of death grants which would be payable in the year 1964 if the disqualification in the case of the...
asked the Minister without Portfolio what steps he intends to take to improve the publicity for development districts in foreign countries, and especially in the United States of America.
asked the Minister of Health if there was any over-distribution to general practitioners from the central pool last year; what effect this will have on the recent pay award; and if he will make a...
asked the Minister of Health what progress has been made in his Department with the preparation of a ten-year plan for the general medical services; when it will be published; and why this sector...
asked the Minister of Health how many places are provided in old people's homes by the Kent County Council; and how many applicants are on the waiting list.
asked the Minister of Health if, with a view to introducing legislation to make the use of glass containers for liquid compulsory for public vending machines, he will make a study of the...
asked the Minister of Health if he will ensure that incontinence pads are made freely available on form E.C.10 by their inclusion in the official list.
asked the Minister of Health why he has refused to supply a two-seater vehicle to Mr. Bernard Hargreaves of Blackburn, who is so severely disabled with multiple sclerosis that he cannot walk, and...
asked the Minister of Health if he will state the name of the drug which turns brunettes into blondes; for what reason it is prescribed; and if he is satisfied it has no other side-effects.
asked the Minister of Health if he will make a statement on the large-scale production, which has started in Great Britain, of a measles vaccine.
Mrs. Butler: asked the Minister of Health what is his estimate of the respective cost to mothers of hospital confinement and confinement at home.
asked the Minister of Health if he will in the future publish the contract prices for successful tenders to his Department.
Mrs. Butler: asked the Minister of Health if he is aware of the difficulties of people who for medical or other reasons may wish to remove flouride from their water supply, following its...
asked the Minister of Health if he will call for returns from hospital authorities which will distinguish between admissions under Section 25 and those under Section 29 of the Mental Health Act, 1929.
asked the Minister of Health what recent guidance he has given to hospital authorities regarding the use and procurement of sterile disposable articles and materials in the hospital service; and...
asked the Minister of Health how many hospital management committees have had to limit their recruitment of nurses because of shortage of funds during the last 12 months.
asked the Minister of Health in how many general hospitals in England and Wales rehabilitation facilities are inadequate; and in how many cases the inadequacies are due to unsatisfactory...
asked the Minister of Labour if he will state the number of shipyard workers registered as unemployed in Burntisland and Kirkcaldy, respectively, at the latest available date, and for the...
asked the Minister of Labour how many workpeople have left the North-East in each of the three years ending April, 1963, respectively.
asked the Minister of Labour if he will now publish the result of the survey his Department has made into the incidence of unemployment amongst persons of 50 years of age and over in the area...
asked the Minister of Labour what are the reasons for the serious decline in the number of insured workers in employment over the past five years in the areas covered by the employment exchanges...
asked the Lord Privy Seal to what extent he lays down principles of discrimination in the export of armaments to foreign countries.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what has been the total income from the National Health part of the National Insurance contribution in England and Wales and Scotland. respectively, in each...
asked the Minister of Aviation whether negotiations between his representatives and those of Glasgow Corporation on the new civil aerodrome at Abbotsinch have now been successfully concluded; and...
Order for consideration, as amended (in the Standing Committee), read.
3.32 p.m.
7.1 p.m.
10.13 p.m.
Motion made and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn. — [Mr. Finlay.]
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