Thursday, 3 March 1966
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
GREATER LONDON COUNCIL BILL (By Order)
Read a Second time and committed.
I beg to ask leave to present a petition, bearing to be signed by some 577 residents of the Deeside district of Scotland, which shows that in 1963 the British Railways Board proposed to withdraw...
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many deaths in Great Britain from various forms of cancer there were in the years 1960 to 1965; what was the expenditure on cancer...
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what will be the extra cost of the changes in school meal dietary which he has accepted; and whether the extra cost is to fall on the...
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he is satisfied by the progress being made in the establishment of the business schools at the Universities of London and...
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science, if, before paying any further subsidy from public funds to the Royal Shakespeare Company, he will require the company to stop producing...
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if Circular 8/60, addendum 2, applies to women who wish to train as teachers.
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how much was spent in research into agricultural buildings in 1964 and 1965, respectively.
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what proportion of the capital sums allocated to Kent for the next three years will be available for improvement of existing schools; and...
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he will review the conditions of employment of those who work in museums and galleries in his charge or for which he has...
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether, in view of the concern felt in Crawley over the circumstances that influenced the decision to form the Ifield Grammar School and...
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether, in view of the recent announcement of licensed percentage grants for church schools, he will now give an assurance that the future...
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the cost of raising the Exchequer grant to voluntary aided schools from 75 per cent. to 80 per cent.
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether, in view of the problems which arise when children are transferred from one education authority to another, he will seek to enforce...
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what steps he is taking to urge the European Space Research Organisation to set up an establishment such as an International Radio Astronomy...
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what action he is taking to stimulate the recruitment of qualified teachers who have migrated to this country from India, Pakistan, and the...
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what study is being made of the proposal to establish a school for artistic administration.
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science when he will introduce a Bill to repeal the education review sections of the London Government Act; and whether he is aware that the London...
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he is aware of the growing concern of the teaching profession regarding the lack of plans and financial arrangements for the...
Mr. J. E. B. Hill: asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the estimated current average cost of a primary and of a secondary new school place, respectively; and what...
Mr. J. E. B. Hill: asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what action he is taking upon the Brynmor Jones Report on audio-visual aids in higher scientific education.
Mr. Gresham Cooke: asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he will introduce legislation to transfer to central Government the expenses of university grants and of...
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what action he takes where a local authority has decreed that all grammar schools in its area should be absorbed into comprehensive units...
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science, in view of the plans being made by the French Government to embark on an extensive programme of undersea research, what plans he has for...
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science when a sixth form common room is to be provided at Woking County Grammar School for Boys.
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what steps he is taking to encourage children's theatre in Great Britain.
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science to what extent it is his policy that the direct grant schools, King Edward VII School for Boys and the High School for Girls, should be...
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he will instruct education authorities which intend to offer no alternative to comprehensive education to give parents the...
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether it is his intention, when asking local authorities to submit their building programmes for 1967–68 and 1968–69, to...
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what work his Department, either through the Computer Centre or otherwise, will sponsor during the current year on scientific and...
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many primary schools still remain in South Dorset without inside sanitary accommodation; and what would be the cost of installing it.
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he has yet reached a decision on support for the National Youth Orchestra.
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science who is refused admission to all or any part of the British Museum; and for what reasons.
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will give the figures and percent ages for Hull for the years 1960 to 1965 of those children remaining at school over the age of 16...
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he has received proposals for the reorganisation of secondary education on the Isle of Sheppey as part of the plans being drawn up...
asked the Prime Minister whether he has now proposed the re-negotiation of the Nassau Agreement; and if he will make a statement.
asked the Prime Minister what conversations about disarmament he had with Russian leaders in Moscow; and whether he will make a statement.
asked the Prime Minister if he will now take steps to merge the Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance with the Ministry of Health and the National Assistance Board.
asked the Prime Minister what progress he expects in the next year towards the negotiation of an anti-proliferation agreement on the spread of nuclear weapons.
asked the Prime Minister whether the public speech made by the First Secretary of State and Secretary of State for Economic Affairs at Church Gresley on 26th January about house mortgages...
asked the Prime Minister if he will appoint a Minister to co-ordinate the work of the Minister of Housing and Local Government and the Minister of Land and Natural Resources.
asked the Prime Minister whether he will recommend the appointment of a Royal Commission on the system of local rates.
With permission, Mr. Speaker, perhaps I may inform the House of the arrangements for next week. MONDAY, 7TH MARCH—Supply [10th Allotted Day]: Report when, if the House agrees, the...
Ordered,That this day Business other than the Business of Supply may be taken before Ten o'clock, and, in the case of every Question which, under the provisions of paragraph (4) of Standing Order...
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Motion made, and Question proposed,That a further Supplementary sum, not exceeding £76,519,750, be granted to Her Majesty, to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during...
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That a Supplementary sum, not exceeding £1,000, be granted to Her Majesty, to complete the sum necessary to defray the charge which will come in course of payment during the year ended on...
ROYAL ORDNANCE FACTORIES, SUPPLEMENTARY ESTIMATE, 1965–66
Considered in Committee.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Edward Short.]
3.56 p.m.
7.53 p.m.
9.59 p.m.
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