Monday, 1 May 1967
The House met at Ten o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
10.5 a.m.
Bill to provide that all application forms for membership of a trade union shall specifically refer to the right of the applicant not to pay a political levy to the union; and for purposes...
Order for Second Reading read.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Charles R. Morris.]
asked the Minister of Social Security what arrangements exist between her Department and local authorities to acquaint people of their rights and entitlements in the sphere of social security.
asked the Minister of Social Security, as she has disallowed the claim for sickness benefit from Mr. S. H. Langford, of 32 Abbey Foregate, relating to his contribution record for the year ended...
asked the Minister of Social Security whether she will amend her Regulations so that persons over 21 years of age who are entitled to supplementary pensions do not lose this right if they rent...
asked the Minister of Social Security if she will amend the National Insurance Regulations, so that lorry drivers, deprived of their licences for traffic offences committed in a private capacity...
asked the Minister of Social Security whether, in order to relate unemployment and sickness benefits to earnings, she intends also to relate contributions to earnings.
asked the Minister of Social Security if she will take action to give working wives, with husbands receiving pensions or other social security payments, the full single person's benefit in...
asked the Minister of Social Security what representations have been made to her about the impact of supplementary benefits on the receipt of rate rebates; and what reply she has sent.
asked the Minister of Social Security what representations have been made to her since the beginning of March about the payment of a special social security benefit to single women with adult...
asked the Minister of Social Security if she will now take steps to assist the redistribution of income by increasing social security payments and by enabling lower-paid workers to obtain social...
asked the Minister of Social Security whether she will alter the rule concerning the wage stop for incapacitated people so that it relates to the wage they were earning before incapacitation...
asked the Minister of Social Security whether in the case of retirement pensioners' benefits, she will enlarge the period in which late claims for benefits can be made.
asked the Minister of Social Security how many registered disabled were in receipt of unemployment benefit at the latest date for which figures are available; and how many were in receipt of...
asked the Minister of Health what representations he has received about the supply of essential intravenous fluids; and what action he has taken.
asked the Minister of Health if he will send a circular to medical officers of health asking them to examine the possibility of undertaking periodic public health screening campaigns on the...
asked the Minister of Health if he is aware that the Chartered Society of Physiotherapists has now proposed the establishment of an effective domiciliary physiotherapy service for relieving the...
asked the Minister of Health if he will state the contribution to British export earnings made by the pharmaceutical industry during the past year, as compared with five years and 10 years ago,...
asked the Minister of Health what steps he is taking to remedy the shortage of public health medical officers.
asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that an application has been made to the Sheffield Regional Hospital Board for the establishment of a Cardiff type general practitioner maternity...
asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that the waiting time for urgent cases to be admitted to Bromsgrove General Hospital is on average three months; and what steps he is taking to...
asked the Minister of Health if he has considered the representations by the medical profession against the building of a new general hospital at Newcastle-upon-Tyne instead of expanding the...
asked the Minister of Health how long the average patient remains in hospital in Great Britain; whether he has any plans to reduce this period; and how it compares with the average length of...
asked the Minister of Health if he is aware that a nurse has to pay a fee of six guineas to get on to the State Register, and that she has to pay a similar sum to sit her final examinations; and...
asked the Minister of Health what representations he has received from the Royal College of Nursing on the Salmon Committee's proposals for improving the status of nurse tutors; and what action...
asked the Minister of Health what steps he is taking to ensure that nurses in National Health Service hospitals do not have to spend time on such domestic duties as sorting linen and washing up...
asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware of the recent report of the National Board for Prices and Incomes criticising the efficiency of certain aspects of the National Health Service;...
asked the Minister of Labour what action he is taking to find employment for the number of disabled men out of work in Cheltenham.
asked the Minister of Labour if he will give details of those pension and superannuation schemes which are now transferable with his approval and whether transfer is retrospective.
asked the Minister of Labour if he will introduce legislation to compel manufacturers of any boards or other materials containing asbestos to stamp clearly on each board the percentage of...
asked the Attorney-General when he expects the Director of Public Prosecutions to complete his inquiries into the affairs of Rolls Razor Limited.
asked the Attorney-General whether he will take steps to provide that magistrates appointed prior to 1964 have some compulsory training.
asked the Attorney General whether he will instruct the Director of Public Prosecutions to make inquiries, with a view to prosecution for demanding with menaces, into the action of a director of...
asked the Attorney General what would be the estimated cost of making legal aid available to applicants to mental health review tribunals.
asked the Attorney-General what papers have been referred in the case of Major Carr to the Director of Public Prosecutions; and what action has been taken.
asked the Minister without Portfolio what action he intends to take to deal with the report of the survey on homeless single persons carried out by the National Assistance Board in co-operation...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, if he will make a statement on the outcome of the European Free Trade Association Ministerial meeting in London on 28th April.
asked the Minister of Public Building and Works how many times the main clock at St. James's Palace has broken down in the last 12 months; what has been the cost of repairing it; and what...
asked the Minister of Transport what action the Government are now taking to prevent the discharge of excessive exhaust fumes from motor vehicles, especially those with diesel engines.
asked the Minister of Transport if she will reconsider the recent decision not to accept as a principal road B2032, the Pebble Hill link between the A25 and the South Orbital road.
asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement about his recent visit to the Far East regarding British commitments and forces there.
Mr. Powell (by Private Notice) asked the Secretary of State for Defence whether he has any statement to make on an agreement reached regarding British forces on the Continent.
On a point of order. In c. 1927 of the OFFICIAL REPORT for last Thursday there appears a point of order, if I may say so singularly well reasoned and garnished with a scholarly reference to...
On a point of order. I beg to ask leave to move the Adjournment of the House under Standing Order No. 9 for the purpose of discussing a definite matter of urgent public importance, namely, the...
Bill to enable river and other authorities to build erosion prevention works on river banks, presented by Mr. Anthony Kershaw; supported by Mr. David Webster, Mr. Corfield and Sir Gerald Nabarro:...
Ordered,That this day Business other than the Business of Supply may be taken before half-past Nine o'clock.—[Mr. Crossman.]
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Before I call the right hon. Member for Wolverhampton, Southwest (Mr. Powell) to move the Motion, perhaps I might say that I have not selected the Amendment standing in the name of the hon....
Ordered,That the Proceedings on the Motion relating to Finance Bills may be entered upon and proceeded with at this day's Sitting at any hour, though opposed.—[Mr. Healey.]
Order read for resuming adjourned debate on Question [26th April],That, during the remainder of the Session, where, in respect of a bill for imposing, renewing, varying or repealing any charge...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this H6use do now adjourn.—[Mr. Harper.]
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