Wednesday, 5 April 1967
The House met at Ten o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
10.5 a.m.
10.16 a.m.
Bill to require the Prices and Incomes Board to publish with each report a list of the consultants employed and the fees paid to them, presented accordingly and read the First time; to be read a...
Order for Second Reading read.
Queen's Recommendation having been signified—
Order for Second Reading read.
Considered in Committee.
Resolved,That it is expedient to authorise the payment into the Exchequer of fees required to be so paid by virtue of any Act of the present Session to make further provision as to load lines and...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Armstrong.]
12.25 p.m.
For Brierley Hill, in the room of John Ellis Talbot, esquire, deceased.—[Mr. Whitelaw.]
Read the Third time and passed.
As amended, considered; to be read the Third time.
Read a Second time and committed.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what representations he has received with regard to the decision ratified by the South-East Scotland Hospital Board to make Kirkcaldy the hospital...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the acreage of sugar beet likely to be sown in the factory area of the Cupar Sugar Factory in the season 1967; and whether he is satisfied that...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what representations he has had regarding a minimum prices scheme for white fish; and if he will make a statement.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland when the award for Scottish local government staffs will be paid.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what estimate he has made of probable emigration from Scotland in each of the years 1967 to 1970.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what action he is taking to enable the Forestry Commission to assist the development of ski slopes, ancillary winter sports facilities and access to them...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the machinery of consultation between his Department and the Ministry of Transport for ensuring that adequate alternative public service...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what he estimates to be the prospects for Scottish farming following the Agricultural Price Review; and if he will make a statement.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what steps he is taking to ensure the continued protection of the Scottish inshore fishing fleet following the changes announced recently for the Fishery...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what are the factors he takes into consideration when deciding what financial assistance he will provide for an area subsequent to serious damage by flooding.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what steps he is taking to ensure there are sufficient university graduates in agriculture, qualifying each year in Scotland.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how much of the Price Review award he estimates will be received by farmers in Scotland, generally, and what proportion will go to hill farmers in particular.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he will now revise the target for new jobs of 134,000 in six years proposed in the White Paper on the Scottish Economy.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many fully qualified pharmacists there are in the county of Midlothian; and if he is satisfied they will cope with demands of existing population.
Mr. Edward M. Taylor: asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many crimes involving violence were reported in 1966; and what were the comparable figures in 1961 and 1956, respectively.
Mr. Edward M. Taylor: asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many children at school in Scotland are receiving only part-time education; and what percentage of this total is in respect of...
Earl of Dalkeith: asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he will consult with the Registrar General for Scotland, and local authorities, with a view to devising a scheme to elicit...
Earl of Dalkeith: asked the Secretary of State for Scotland when he intends to announce his decision on the Inner Ring Road proposal as contained in Edinburgh Corporation's Quinquennial Review.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if, with a view to encouraging university graduates into the teaching profession, he will pay them the first-year salary scale as soon as they enter the...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what Government expenditure there has been on the arts in Scotland in each of the last three years.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what projects are presently in hand to improve the level of provision of approved school accommodation in Scotland.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what progress is being made in the development of health centres in Scotland.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what steps are being taken to increase the number of geriatric beds in Scottish hospitals.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what expansion to colleges of education in Scotland is planned to meet the needs of men taking the three years training course for primary teachers.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what proportion of apprentices in Scotland is now enrolled in some form of day- or block-release education, giving boys and girls separately.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the level of expenditure on hospital building in Scotland over the past three years; and at what rate he estimates that this expenditure will...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what further developments are planned for the region of the Tay Valley.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will state the allocations for school building in Scotland in 1967–68 and for the succeeding two years.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what steps have been and are being taken to improve remand home facilities in Scotland.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what has been the extent of Government financial assistance towards the encouragement of Scottish sport and recreational activities in each of the last...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he will set up an inquiry into the causes of the apparent high prices of houses in the private sector in Scotland.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he will consider revising the salary levels for hospital pharmacists in order to make them comparable with the sums earned by similarly qualified...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what consideration the Scottish Economic Planning Board has given to the Confederation of British Industry's February survey of industrial trends in...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he will take steps in the interests of road safety to inform drivers of all types of motoring vehicles that a person may be taken as unfit to...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what action he proposes to take to deal with the circumstances which have led to the spread of part-time education in Glasgow schools.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he is aware of the danger to fish in the North Sea reaching healthy maturity caused by the new plan to catch young fish of all small sizes for...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the number of registered drug addicts in Scotland; and what plans he has for their treatment and cure.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what advice he intends to give to local authorities on the sale of council houses.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make a statement on his proposals for increased rents in new towns, stating in detail the reasons for such increases and whether the proposals...
With your permission, Mr. Speaker, I would like to make a statement. During the course of the Government's consideration of the problems of the development areas and the studies carried out by...
With permission, Mr. Speaker, I should like to make a statement about the future of the Firth of Clyde Dry Dock Company Limited which has today applied for the appointment of a liquidator. With...
With permission, Mr. Speaker, I should like to make a further statement about Bristol Siddeley Engines Ltd. I should like, first, to deal with the events of 25th March. Following the newspaper...
I beg to give notice that on Friday, 21st April, I shall call attention to the whole situation now existing in Vietnam and the policy of this Government, and move a Resolution.
I beg to give notice that on Friday, 21st April, I shall call attention to discrimination by the Foremen and Staffs Mutual Benefit Society against trade unionists, and move a Resolution.
I beg to give notice that on Friday, 21st April, I shall call attention to the state of the law on the Press, and move a Resolution.
Yesterday, the House will recall that the hon. Member for Belfast, West (Mr. Fitt) made a complaint of breach of privilege, on which I promised to rule this afternoon, having taken the customary...
Bill to authorise the payment out of the Post Office Fund of the expenses of the Postmaster-General in providing services and facilities for the processing of data by computer, presented by Mr....
Order for consideration, as amended (in the Standing Committee) read.
No criminal proceedings under this Act shall be instituted in the United Kingdom by the Director of Public Prosecutions or in Northern Ireland by Mr. Attorney General for Northern Ireland until...
In any proceedings against a person for an offence under this Act it shall be a defence for him to prove that the broadcast was received in the United Kingdom during the hours of...
Nothing in this Act shall apply to broadcasts made over wavelengths of very high frequency.—[Mr. Channon.]
Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, it shall not extend to the Isle of Man until a petition has been received by Her Majesty from Tynwald asking for its provisions to be so...
6.45 p.m.
I beg to move Amendment No. 6, in page 5, line 12, to leave out subsection (3).
I beg to move Amendment No. 11, in page 6, line 9, to leave out "three months" and to insert "one month".
I beg to move Amendment No. 19, in page 8, line 33, to leave out 'the Channel Islands'.
9.48 p.m.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Ioan L. Evans.]
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