Monday, 20 July 1964
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
asked the Minister of Labour what is the success rate in placing men in employment in Scotland after undergoing a course of retraining; and what are the figures for the retraining centre at...
asked the Minister of Labour what was the estimated net migration of insured workers from Wales in each calendar year from 1951 to 1963, inclusive.
asked the Minister of Labour how many registered disabled persons are unemployed in the Ministry of Labour employment exchanges at Aberdare and Mountain Ash.
asked the Minister of Labour how many workpeople left the North-East in the years ended mid-1963 and mid-1964, respectively.
Mrs. Slater: asked the Minister of Labour what reply he has sent to the letter of the Council of British Sanitary Pottery Manufacturers about the typhoid epidemic in Aberdeen and the need for...
asked the Minister of Labour if he will set up a departmental inquiry to study the difficulties of men over the age of 50 years, who find themselves unable to get worthwhile employment after...
asked the Minister of Labour if he is satisfied with the working of the Payment of Wages Act, 1960; and what evidence he has of an increase in the payment of wages by cheque or money orders, in...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he will publish in HANSARD a table of figures giving for each quarter in each calendar year since January, 1952, the percentage rise or fall in unemployment,...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he will publish in HANSARD a table of figures giving the percentage rise or fall in unemployment for each quarter from January, 1952, taking that date as 100.
asked the Minister of Labour how many building craftsmen and how many building labourers, respectively, are now out of work in the North-East.
asked the Minister of Labour how many unemployed juveniles from the Bishop Auckland constituency are taking courses or have taken courses in the Government training centres in the North-East.
asked the Minister of Labour whether he will make a statement on the future employment position at Kenfig, Glamorgan, having regard to the fact that over 500 men have been given notice that the...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he will instruct employment exchanges to discontinue recording the discriminatory requests of employers who are discriminating against employees on account of...
asked the Minister of Labour if he is satisfied with the progress being made by the departmental studies of automation; and if he will make a statement.
asked the Minister of Labour if he is satisfied that at the inception of the Offices, Shops and Railway Premises Act in August there will be sufficient appointments made for its enforcement; and...
Mr. Prenctice: asked the Minister of Labour if he will now review the decision of Her Majesty's Government not to make a donation to the Endowment Fund of the Institute of Labour Studies in...
asked the Minister of Labour to what extent his regulations on washing facilities in offices and shops will ensure universal provision of wash basins adjacent to lavatories.
asked the Minister of Labour how many boys and girls living in the Jarrow constituency will be leaving school at the end of July; and what are their prospects of finding employment.
asked the Minister of Labour when the Industrial Training Board for Engineering will make a firm decision about the levy which engineering firms will have to pay for training; and when it will...
asked the Minister of Labour if he is aware that the Remploy Factory in Aberdeen is prevented from working to its full capacity as a result of shortage of staff; how many persons have been...
asked the Minister of Labour what representations he has received from the trade union and employers' organisations on the effect of wage drift, brought on by bonus incentive schemes, guaranteed...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he will give the average overtime per operative worked in all manufacturing industries for the week ended 31st May, 1964, compared with the average for the...
asked the Minister of Labour what was the ratio of wholly-unemployed persons to notified unfilled vacancies in London and the South-East and in Scotland at the latest available date and the...
asked the Minister of Labour if he is aware of the inconvenience caused to many travellers by the recent trade dispute at London Airport; and if he will make a statement on the causes and the...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, in view of the assembly of a force of United States B57 twin-jet bombers in the Philippines and the training of their crews for...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether, in view of the re-arming of Egypt by the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, support for the Tripartite Agreement of 1950 between the...
The following Question stood upon the Order Paper:
With permission, I will make a statement about the size and composition of the B.O.A.C. fleet of aircraft. As the House knows, B.O.A.C. has ordered 30 Super VC10s. These aircraft with the 12...
I regret that I must now take up some time. I apologise to the House in advance for the length of what I have to say. I undertook to tell the House why I felt bound to rule out of order a...
Ordered, That this day Business other than the Business of Supply may be taken before Ten o'clock.—[The Prime Minister.]
[24TH ALLOTTED DAY]
Motion made, and Question proposed, That a sum, not exceeding £2,817,000, be granted to Her Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the charge which will come in course of payment...
4.34 p.m.
Ordered, That the Proceedings on the British North America Bill and the Spray Irrigation (Scotland) Bill [Lords], on the Lords Amendments to the Scrap Metal Dealers Bill, the Riding...
Considered in Committee; reported, without Amendment; read the Third time and passed.
Considered in Committee [Progress, 17th July].
10.25 p.m.
I beg to move, in page 5, line 39, after the first "that" to insert: if occasioned by exceptional shortage of rain". The Clause deals with special provisions for shortage or abundance of water,...
Question proposed, That the Clause stand part of the Bill.
I beg to move, in page 6, line 31, to leave out subsection (5). This is a formal Amendment deleting the privilege Amendment inserted in another place to reserve the prerogative of the House of...
I beg to move, in page 7, line 17, to leave out "in their area and".
Lords Amendments considered.
Lords Amendment: In page 6, line 33, at end insert: (d) subsection (4) of that section shall be omitted, and any particulars required to be entered in a book by virtue of this subsection shall be...
Lords Amendments considered.
Lords Amendment: In page 2, line 7, after "authority" insert "or on or after that date".
Lords Amendments considered.
Lords Amendment: In page 2, line 9, leave out "commencement of this Act" and insert: coming into force of this section".
Lords Amendment: In page 2, line 38, at end insert: () The holder may exercise his right under the foregoing subsection— (a) by presenting the stamps at any reasonable time at the...
Lords Amendment: In page 3, line 12, at end insert new Clause A— A.—(1) Subject to subsection (2) of this section, in every redemption of trading stamps for goods there shall...
Lords Amendment: In page 3, line 25, at end insert new Clause B— B.—(1) It shall be unlawful for the promoter of a trading stamp scheme, or for any person carrying on a trade or...
Lords Amendment: In page 3, line 27, after "operated" insert "(a)".
Lords Amendment: In page 5, leave out lines 15 to 21 and insert— (c) in the case where a business is carried on at six or more separate retail establishments, the stamp is one of a kind...
Considered in Committee.
I beg to move, in page 8, line 40, after "Grant", to insert "or Exchequer Equalisation Grant". This is purely a technical Amendment necessary because the increase in expenditure to which the...
Motion made, and Question proposed. That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. McLaren.]
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