Thursday, 11 May 1967
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Motion made, and Question proposed,That the Amendment to Standing Orders relating to Private Business set out in the following Schedule be made:
Standing Order 242, line 20, at end add 'but only if objection to locus standi or such rights has been made in a memorial duly deposited as aforesaid.'—[The Chairman of Ways and Means.]
asked the First Secretary of State and Secretary of State for Economic Affairs if he will particularise the measures to be taken by the Government, with a view to ensuring that incomes do not...
asked the First Secretary of State and Secretary of State for Economic Affairs by what amount he expects the permanent staff of the National Board for Prices and Incomes to be increased on...
asked the First Secretary of State and Secretary of State for Economic Affairs by what means he proposes to encourage non-statutory supervision of price changes in the light of the Government's...
asked the First Secretary of State and Secretary of State for Economic Affairs what additional measures will now be taken to control prices to the same degree as wages.
asked the First Secretary of State and Secretary of State for Economic Affairs what effect the reduction in the projected growth rate has had upon the National Plan.
asked the First Secretary of State and Secretary of State for Economic Affairs on what grounds the National Economic Development Council, according to his paper on planning, came to the...
asked the First Secretary of State and Secretary of State for Economic Affairs whether he will publish a White Paper explaining the assumptions on which his prices policy is based and the aims it...
asked the First Secretary of State and Secretary of State for Economic Affairs if he will give the average annual rate of economic growth now expected over the period 1964 to 1970.
asked the First Secretary of State and Secretary of State for Economic Affairs if he will give a general direction to the Industrial Reorganisation Corporation to consult representatives of trade...
asked the First Secretary of State and Secretary of State for Economic Affairs what effect he estimates that the proposed regional employment premium will have on the annual average...
asked the First Secretary of State and Secretary of State for Economic Affairs how many complaints he has received alleging unjustifiable price increases in the last six months; and whether he...
asked the First Secretary of State and Secretary of State for Economic Affairs whether he will now take the same power to control rents as he proposes in order to control incomes.
asked the First Secretary of State and Secretary of State for Economic Affairs what benefits he expects to flow to industry from the estimate of a growth of production potential based on a range...
asked the Postmaster-General (1) how many people are now on the waiting list for a telephone in Bletchley; and what steps he proposes to take to reduce this waiting list; and (2) when the new...
asked the Postmaster-General what proposals he now has regarding telephone rentals.
asked the Postmaster-General if he will introduce legislation to prevent intervention by illegal radio stations in local or national elections.
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he will make finance available to make it possible for the Reading Research Unit to carry out specific pieces of educational...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps he is taking to ban repetition in this country of the United States experiment in which dogs are forced to smoke cigarettes in...
asked the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Affairs whether, in view of widespread dubiety and the need to maintain the rights and interests of Rhodesian British subjects in Zambia and...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is satisfied that the increase of from 25 per cent. to 50 per cent. on some internal air fares in Scotland conforms with the prices and...
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will publish a White Paper to show the Government's calculation of the relationship between earnings inflation and United Kingdom export performance.
asked the Prime Minister if he will place in the Library a copy of his public speech about the economic situation made to a Labour Party meeting in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, on Sunday, 2nd April, 1967.
asked the Prime Minister whether he will now make a statement on his plans for further public control of the economy, including the aircraft construction industry and the North Sea gas-field.
asked the Prime Minister if he will appoint a Minister with special responsibilities for Voluntary Community Service.
asked the Prime Minister if he will set up an interdepartmental working party to study the subsidies in cash and kind at present being made available without test of need in various ways to the...
asked the Prime Minister whether the public speech of the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the economic situation at Dunoon on 20th April represents the policy of Her Majesty's Government.
asked the Prime Minister if he will co-ordinate the activities of Ministers concerned with the accountability of nationalised industries that are diversifying.
asked the Prime Minister what communication he has received from the Association of Child Care Officers about child poverty; what were its terms; and what reply he has made.
asked the Prime Minister if he will now appoint an additional Member of this House to assist the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs representing Her Majesty's Government at the United Nations.
The following Questions stood upon the Order Paper:
With your permission, Mr. Speaker, and that of the House, I wish to make a statement on South Arabia. I have given the most careful thought to the situation in South Arabia and to what we need...
With permission, Mr. Speaker, I will make an announcement about a reorganisation of the infantry. As the White Paper on Defence explained, a wide-ranging examination of the long-term structure...
Introduction
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Bill to resolve doubts as to the application of the Road Transport Lighting Act 1957 to reflecting material; to confer power on the Minister of Transport to require or authorise lights of...
Motion made, and Question proposed,
6.58 p.m.
Resolved,
Queen's Recommendation having been signified.
As amended (in the Standing Committee), considered.
7.3 p.m.
I beg to move Amendment No. 5, in page 4, line 24, to leave out from the third "the" to "any" in line 25 and to insert "payment by". Perhaps, Mr. Speaker, it would be convenient for this...
I beg to move Amendment No. 12, in page 6, line 25, to leave out '1971' and insert '1972'. As the Bill stands, the Shipbuilding Industry Board will come to an end at the end of 1970, and the...
Considered in Committee; reported, without Amendment.
9.50 p.m.
10.27 p.m.
Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Walter Harrison.]
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