Thursday, 26 January 1967
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will review the number of outside working parties at smaller gaols like Dorchester; and whether the percentage of prisoners allowed...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will institute research on the personal and social consequences of the establishment of betting shops.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will review existing practices of authorised telephone tapping in non-criminal matters.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has to strengthen the Narcotics Division at Scotland Yard.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he intends to set up a central register for drug addicts.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proposals he has for legislation to amend the Obscene Publications Act.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will introduce legislation before the next local elections to prohibit anybody voting more than once in such elections in the...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will introduce legislation to put local elections in the City of London on the same basis as elsewhere in Great Britain.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many escapes or attempted escapes had been made by Frank Ellis Mitchell from institutions in which it was sought to detain him prior to...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the estimated proportion of time spent by the police in England and Wales on administrative duties and on-the-beat duties,...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if, in view of the number of cases recently of fires and deaths caused by secondhand oil heaters, he will send a circular to local...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many children have been taken into homes, or placed in foster homes, during the years 1964, 1965 and 1966; and what has been the cost for...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will now introduce legislation to enable Her Majesty's Government to fulfil their undertaking to accede to the Genocide Convention.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he has studied the recommendations put forward by the Social Committee at the Council of Europe, which were unanimously approved,...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether, in view of the fact that most of the official organisations connected with flat racing and steeplechasing are in favour of the...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many of the recommendations of the Mountbatten Report have been implemented; and whether he will make a statement.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether, in view of the fact that there are not totally secure prisons in this country, he will now consider recommending the installation of...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will adopt the procedure advocated by the Council of "Justice" in discussions with his Department, for dealing with cases where...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prosecutions have been made by the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis for parking offences in King's Gardens and Benton...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what action he now proposes to take to prevent the exploitation of travellers making use of taxicabs between London Airport and Central London.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the total amount expended to date in compensation payments under the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board; and how many victims of...
Mr. Gresham Cooke: asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what special precautions are being taken in connection with warnings of possible flooding, particularly in the London...
Mr. Gresham Cooke: asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if, following the lead given by the Greater London Council, he has now authorised the use of the automatic latched petrol...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much money has been spent on prison buildings during each of the last five years.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will consider restricting the importation of finches into this country.
asked the Prime Minister if he will make a statement about his official visit to Paris.
Q4. Mr. Wall asked the Prime Minister what communications he has received from the President of Zambia; what further assistance has been requested; and what reply he has sent.
3.30 p.m.
Mr. Hogg (by Private Notice) asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what are the reasons which led him to release Kwesi Armah and whether he is prepared to make a statement.
May I ask the Leader of the House to state the business of the House for next week?
On a point of order, Mr. Speaker. I wish to draw your attention and that of the House to a mistake in the Order Paper for yesterday, 25th January, in that the Paper gives the names of four hon....
Order for Third Reading read.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That, during the present Session, paragraph (7) of Standing Order No. 5 (Precedence of Government Business) shall have effect with the substitution, for the...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Harper.]
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