Wednesday, 10 August 1966
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Second Reading deferred till Tuesday, 18th October.
asked the Minister of Transport whether she will ensure that no further closures of railway stations and lines in the Wirral peninsula take place until the results of the Mersey-side...
asked the Minister of Transport what recent consideration has been given by her Department, in its studies of rail transport cost and demand, to the electrification of the rail service beween...
asked the Minister of Transport what action she now proposes to take following the rejection by the Transport and General Workers' Union of her proposals to work the liner trains on which...
asked the Minister of Transport how many miles of electrified railway lines have been closed to passenger services in the last two years; and whether she will introduce legislation to give her...
asked the Minister of Transport what reduction has been made in the investment programme of British Railways since 20th July, 1966.
asked the Minister of Transport whether, in view of the hardship caused to elderly and disabled travellers, she will refer to the Transport Users Consultative Committee for the London area the...
asked the Minister of Transport when she now expects to be able to publish the Marplan Survey on the effects of railway closures.
asked the Minister of Transport what advice she has received from the Welsh Economic Planning Council about the Rouabon-Barmouth railway line.
asked the Minister of Transport what observations she has received from the Welsh Economic Planning Council with regard to the future of the Aberystwyth-Shrewsbury railway line.
asked the Minister of Transport to what size the railway system would have been reduced under the Beeching proposals; and what is her estimate of the national railway network to be kept under the...
asked the Minister of Transport under what circumstances she will authorise a local authority to subsidise a local railway line.
asked the Minister of Transport if she will give a general direction to the Railways Board not to introduce single-track lines in the Western Region.
asked the Minister of Transport what is the cost of the Mersey-side Transportation Study now being conducted; what proportion of that cost is to be borne by her Department; and when the results...
asked the Minister of Transport whether she will now make a statement about the methods of measuring sound and about the introduction of construction and use regulations which specify permissible...
asked the Minister of Transport what plans she has to communicate with other interested Governments, with a view to reducing the hazards being encountered by British tourists travelling across...
asked the Minister of Transport following her statement in the White Paper on Transport Policy with regard to the provisions of financial assistance for certain rural bus services, whether she...
asked the Minister of Transport when she proposes to establish the regional and conurbations transport authorities for the integration of passenger transport.
asked the Minister of Transport why no emergency roadside telephones have yet been installed on the Doncaster by-pass; and when work on these will commence.
asked the Minister of Transport what representations she has received about converting the Greyhound Railway Bridge over the River Lune into a second road bridge to relieve congestion on the A6...
asked the Minister of Transport if she will introduce legislation to empower her to have the traffic signals in one-way streets in London synchronised so that traffic does not get stopped at...
asked the Minister of Transport how many miles of motorway she now expects to be in use by 1970.
Mr. Gresham Cooke: asked the Minister of Transport how she will allocate the cuts in the road programme of £14 million.
asked the Minister of Transport what towns are now operating the parking disc system; and with what results.
The following Question stood upon the Order Paper:
On a point of order. May I seek your guidance, Mr. Speaker? In view of the vital importance of Question No. 51, which refers to a stretch of road known as "the missing link", and as we are about...
The following Question stood upon the Order Paper:
Mr. Grimond (by Private Notice) asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the latest direction to the banks on overdrafts.
It will be proposed tomorrow that subject to the completion of essential Parliamentary business the House should adjourn on Friday, 12th August, until Tuesday, 18th October. As to tomorrow, the...
With permission, Mr. Speaker, I should like to make a statement. As the House knows, the Ministry of Social Security, of which I am proud to be the first Minister, came into being on Saturday....
Order for Third Reading read.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Ioan L. Evans.]
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