Wednesday, 26 January 1966
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what public bodies have approached him during the last four weeks with regard to the development plan for the Borders.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many pupils are attending ordinary schools and State-aided schools, respectively, in the City of Aberdeen.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many complaints he has received about meals in schools under his authority; what is the nature of such complaints; and what steps he has taken and...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will consider providing a separate college for physical education in the west of Scotland, in view of the inadequate existing accommodation; and...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if, in view of the uncontrolled development and abuses of "two-up" clubs, he will take steps to bring them under the control of the appropriate...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he will now make a statement on civil defence; and how the active strength of the Civil Defence Corps in Scotland compares with the figure on...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many houses for the agricultural population received an Exchequer subsidy last year.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the change, by value and percentage, in loan sanctions to local authorities in Scotland for major services affected by the Chancellor's...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland when he will publish his review of the hospital building programme.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many applications for farm improvement grant were received by his Department between the months of December and June inclusive in the years...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the total tonnage of sugar beet delivered to the Cupar factory of the British Sugar Corporation by Scottish growers; what is the average yield...
asked the Secretary for Scotland what consideration he has given to the points in the letter sent to him by the honourable Member for East Aberdeenshire dated 9th December objecting to the...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what study he is making into the future of hydroelectric generation by pumped storage; and if he will make a statement.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will institute an official study of the financial implication to the Scottish agricultural industry of implementing the Brambell Report.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland when he will announce his decision on the future level and nature of tolls on the Forth Road Bridge.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether, in the light of the survey by the Council of British Ceramic Sanitaryware Manufacturers, a copy of which has been sent to him, he will undertake...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether in view of the increase in the Welsh Book Grant, he will make proposals for the introduction of comparable grant for the publication of books in...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland when he will announce the new salary scales for teachers in Scotland.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if, in view of the extension of development areas in Scotland, he will remove those recent cuts in the development of higher education which applied to...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will frame regulations to ensure that, from a date to be determined in consultation with the appropriate bodies, all male applicants for teaching...
asked the Secretary of State for. Scotland if he is aware of the transfer of Third Lanark football club from Cathkin Park in Glasgow to a site at East Kilbride; and what applications for planning...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he is now ready to publish his White Paper on the Scottish economy.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will restore the former practice of the Scottish Information Office, in the case of a convicted prisoner who escapes from custody, of disclosing...
asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will take steps to dispose of the disused drill hall and two dwelling houses unoccupied at Woodlesford, near Leeds; and if he will see that the...
asked the Secretary of State for Defence whether it is his policy to create in the British Army a wholly airborne fighting unit along the lines of in the United States Airborne Cavalry Division;...
asked the Secretary of State for Defence how many types of surface-to-surface weapon, classified by range and weight of charge, the Royal Navy requires at any one time.
asked the Secretary of State for Defence what is the present strength of the Long-Term Reserve; and if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT a table showing his estimate of its annual strength...
asked the Secretary of State for Defence when the reorganisation of the Reserve Forces is completed in 1969, how many trained men he estimates will be available to play an immediate reinforcement...
asked the Secretary of State for Defence why the private car of an air vice marshal, whose name has been sent to him, was brought home to England from Cyprus by a Royal Air Force Hastings...
asked the Secretary of State for Defence what is the estimated cost of overseas defence commitments for 1965 compared with 1964.
asked the Attorney-General what decision was reached about the proposal to set up a Commonwealth Court of Appeal as a result of exchanges between representatives of Her Majesty's Government and...
asked the Attorney-General what persons or body of persons were consulted as to the advisability of enabling undefended divorces to be heard in the county courts; and what persons or body of...
asked the Minister of Transport whether she will now take steps to expedite the completion of the Report on the Co-ordination of the Transport Services; and what steps she proposes to take to...
asked the Minister of Transport whether she will give an assurance that, when the pensions of superannuated railwaymen are increased, at least equal provision will be made for the majority of...
asked the Minister of Transport the cost of vandalism to British Railways during the past year.
Order. I must call the attention of the House to the simple fact that supplementary questions are getting longer. I blame nobody particularly, but we shall fall back upon the achievements of the...
The following Question stood upon the Order Paper:
I beg to give notice that on Friday, 4th February, I shall call attention to the need for a better standard of driving instruction, and move a Resolution.
I beg to give notice that on Friday, 4th February, I shall call attention to the present situation in Gibraltar, and move a Resolution.
I beg to give notice that on Friday, 4th February, I shall call attention to factory farming methods, and move a Resolution.
Bill to facilitate the financing of premises and equipment used by practitioners providing general medical services; to modify the prohibition of full-time salaries for practitioners providing...
Bill to make provision for the payment under the National Insurance Act 1965 of earnings-related benefit by way of increases of unemployment benefit, sickness benefit and widow's allowance; to...
Ordered,That this day Business other than the Business of Supply may be taken before Ten o'clock.—[Mr. Bowden.]
[5TH ALLOTTED DAY]
3.43 p.m.
Order for Second Reading read.
10.1 p.m.
Bill to make further provision with regard to diplomatic privileges and immunities, presented accordingly and read the First time; to be read a Second time on Friday, 11th February, and to be...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. O'Malley.]
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