Thursday, 18 March 1965
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
I have to acquaint the House that I have received a copy of a resolution passed by the General Assembly of Maryland expressing sympathy on the death of Sir Winston Churchill. I will have the text...
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what steps have been taken in respect of the design of new school buildings to facilitate outside use.
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what would be the annual cost of treating post-graduate students as independent, so relieving their parents of the need to contribute to the...
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what progress has been made towards finding a permanent site for the location of the new London Business School.
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what steps he is taking to encourage an increase in the number of language laboratories.
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether in his circular inviting local authorities to put forward schemes for the reorganisation of secondary education on comprehensive...
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is his policy towards the strengthening of secondary modern schools by preferential allocation of funds and staff.
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what plans he has to set up committees and commissions to inquire into secondary education.
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he will increase the 1965–68 school building programme.
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will make a statement about the crash programme for teacher recruitment.
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science to what extent the Curriculum Study Group of the Schools Council will be able to help teachers take advantage of the new medium of teaching,...
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many teacher-training colleges in Great Britain provide studies in social anthropology; what is the proportion of time in various...
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what he regards as a reasonable minimum temperature for school classrooms and school buildings; and if he has recommended, or will...
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will take steps to introduce greater uniformity in pass standards in the General Certificate of Education examinations.
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what action he is taking to see that all children are educated in schools compatible with the prosperity of their homes and the social...
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will review the existing regulation whereby a teacher's pension is based on the average salary for the last five years of service; and...
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he will give an undertaking that the Research Ship "Discovery" will be fully employed during the coming year, in view of the...
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he is aware that with the proposed large-scale development in the Bletchley area a college of further education has become necessary; and...
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he is a ware of the danger to schoolchildren at the Priesthorpe School, Farsley, Pudsey, who need to approach the school from the...
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he is aware of the concern felt by local education authorities in the South-West by his recent decision to cease to give them discretion...
asked the Prime Minister what steps have been taken to draw the attention of all Government Departments and agencies to the provisions of the Declaration of Human Rights, in view of the declared...
asked the Prime Minister if he will make a statement on the effect of the proposals set out in the eight-page circular, about which his predecessor told the House on 16th May, 1956, designed to...
asked the Prime Minister if he will now seek to negotiate the United Kingdom's entry, and in collaboration with them, that of the United Kingdom's partners in the European Free Trade Association...
asked the Prime Minister what proposals he has for the future of the Ministry of Aviation.
asked the Prime' Minister if the public speech of the Minister of Power on the steel industry in Westminster on 16th February, 1965, represents the policy of Her Majesty's Government.
asked the Prime Minister whether he will now seek a further meeting with the chairmen and managing directors of the aircraft companies to ensure that factory closures and redundancies take place...
asked the Prime Minister if he will now announce the date of the visit of the Soviet leaders to this country.
May I ask the Leader of the House whether he will state the business of the House for next week?
3.53 p.m.
I have to consult the views of the House about the next Business and so have to require a high degree of silence. There is a Motion by a Minister and a Prayer in the name of the right hon. Member...
Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Fitch.]
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