Monday, 24 October 1966
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
asked the Minister of Health what agreement has been reached between his Department and the dental profession about fees payable under the National Health Service for certain forms of dental...
asked the Minister of Health whether he will take steps to relax existing regulations so as to enable all those severely disabled to have some kind of motor vehicle, if they so require.
asked the Minister of Health whether he has considered a letter from the Sleaford Medical Group dated 14th September; what reply he has sent; and what action he proposes to take to deal with the...
asked the Minister of Health if he will issue instructions to ensure that the phenylkeltonuria testing of children is carried out in all parts of the British Isles and not as at present confined...
asked the Minister of Health whether he will instruct registrars of births to ascertain if the child has been put on a doctor's list, and if it has not, to supply relevant information to enable...
asked the Minister of Health what consideration he is giving to a plan for the purchase of vouchers in this country to cover the cost of unexpected medical assistance required abroad.
asked the Minister of Health why certain spectacle lenses, in particular Zeiss T coated lenses and Stigmacoat lenses, which were formerly available on National Health Service prescription, are...
asked the Minister of Health what consideration he is giving to the effect upon the technological development of the industry of the ban, subject to exceptions, on the irradiation of foodstuffs...
asked the Minister of Health whether he will now confirm the proposal of East Suffolk County Council to build an adult training centre for the mentally sub-normal in Lowestoft during the...
asked the Minister of Health what is the estimated shortage of physics technicians in the National Health Service.
asked the Minister of Health if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT a list, together with their cost, of the cuts to be made, as announced on 25th July of this year, in the proposed...
asked the Minister of Health if he will state the average num- ber of patients allotted to general practitioners in the National Health Service in 1950, 1960, and at the latest convenient date...
asked the Minister of Health whether he will authorise doctors to make a charge for the issue of tranquilliser tablets issued under National Health Service prescriptions.
asked the Minister of Health whether he has any plans for extending home care schemes similar to that successfully operated by St. Mary's Hospital, Paddington.
asked the Minister of Health how long it was before normal supplies of nitrous oxide could be restored to hospitals in the South of England following the withdrawal on 6th September of all...
asked the Minister of Health how many hospitals at present allow unrestricted parental visits to child patients as recommended by the Platt Committee; and how many provide accommodation for...
asked the Minister of Health what study he is making of the problems of junior doctors in hospitals.
asked the Minister of Health whether he will now relax the rules restricting the access of general practitioners to their patients in hospital, in view of the present pressures on medical staffs...
asked the Minister of Health what is the present shortfall in house officers, junior hospital medical officers, dentists and registrars, other than senior registrars, respectively.
asked the Minister of Health whether any specific responsibility exists for examining and testing new anaethetic equipment in a hospital, so as to make sure that it does what it is intended to do.
asked the Minister of Health if he will give the total amount spent on advertising for each of the past three years by the four Metropolitan Regional Hospital Boards.
asked the Minister of Health what representations he received from the Junior Hospital Staff Group in connection with its application to be registered as an association.
asked the Minister of Health whether he will ask authorities at teaching hospitals to ensure that, wherever possible, patients in those hospitals are advised before they are medically examined by...
asked the Paymaster-General how many home information services he co-ordinates.
asked the Minister of Labour what steps he is taking, in consultation with Plymouth City Council, to establish a sheltered workshop to serve the city's needs; and what evidence he has as to the...
asked the Minister of Labour how many trade unions have notified him in the past 18 months that they are unable to secure recognition from employers.
asked the Minister of Labour if he is satisfied that adequate consultation with employees and their representatives took place before the notice of dismissal announced by the British Motor...
asked the Minister of Labour how many vacant places are available in training centres in the Oxford area at the present time.
asked the Minister of Labour, in view of the Government's policy of providing for 460,000 unemployed, and the Prime Minister's warning that this figure might rise to 2 million, if he will now...
asked the Minister of Labour what proposals he has for revising the scales of his Department's resettlement transfer allowances.
asked the Minister of Labour how many of his Department's training centres are at present in operation; how many training places are available; what is the average time taken to obtain entry; and...
asked the Minister of Labour if, in view of the fact that Bevercotes Colliery, on which £18 million has been spent, is still not working after a year's delay, and that the recent decision...
asked the Minister of Labour what estimate he has made of the impact of the wages standstill on productivity agreements in industry.
asked the Minister of Labour what plans he has for a rapid expansion of training and retraining facilities for workers made redundant over the next 12 months, especially in regions like Scotland.
asked the Minister of Labour how many applications for arbitration under the 1919 Industrial Courts Act have been made since July; and what action he proposes to take.
May I ask the Secretary of State for Wales whether he will make a statement on the disaster at Aberfan, in Methyr Tydfil?
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will make a statement on the escape from Wormwood Scrubs Prison of the prisoner George Blake.
Ordered,That this day Business other than the Business of Supply may be taken before Ten o'clock.—[The Prime Minister.]
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Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[The Prime Minister.]
4.10 p.m.
Motion made, and Question proposed,That the Import Duties (General) (No. 6) Order 1966 (S.I., 1966, No. 923), dated 25th July, 1966, a copy of which was laid before this House on 29th July, be...
Resolution reported,That, for the purposes of any Act of the present Session to extend the periods during which advances may be made under the Cinematograph Film Production (Special Loans) Acts...
[Queen's Recommendation signified]
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Gourlay.]
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