Tuesday, 7 November 1967
The House met at a quarter to Eleven o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Mr. Speaker and the House attended a Memorial Service for the Right Honourable the Earl Attlee in the Collegiate Church of St. Peter, Westminster, pursuant to Resolution [1st November].
asked the Minister of Power if he will make a statement about the effect on steelmakers outside the nationalised sector of the reduction in the price of pig iron.
asked the Minister of Power what is the present forecast of the amount of radioactive waste anticipated annually from the nuclear power stations likely to be in operation in Great Britain in 10,...
asked the Minister of Power whether he will make a statement concerning negotiations for determination of the price of North Sea gas.
asked the Minister of Power what directions he proposes to give to the Iron and Steel Board on the price of steel for shipbuilding and ship repair.
asked the Minister of Power how much has been spent during the past 12 months on advertising high-speed gas.
asked the Minister of Power whether he will issue a general direction, in the public interest, that the gas boards should concentrate on the sale of gas and withdraw from the marketing and...
asked the Minister of Power if he will review the operation of the consumer consultative councils associated with the electricity and gas industries.
asked the Minister of Power what consideration is now being given to the replacement of imported fuels by indigenous fuels in this country as a consequence of the closure of the Suez Canal.
asked the Minister of Power whether he will make a statement on the achievements of the gas industry under nationalisation.
asked the Minister of Power whether he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT statistics showing the prices of electricity for various classes of domestic consumer in the London area at 1st November...
asked the Minister of Power whether he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT statistics showing the prices of gas for various classes of domestic consumers in the area of the South-Eastern Gas...
asked the Minister of Power why there is only one representative of Dorset among the 29 members of the South Western Electricity Consultative Council.
asked the Minister of Power if he will list the cases where electricity lines carrying 132 kilovolts or above have been placed underground to avoid the erection of pylons in order to overcome...
asked the Minister of Power what plans he has for removing from the electricity industry capital charges and other burdens which had a bearing on recent price increases.
asked the Minister of Power why nuclear power stations have been built at a cost of £500 million more than comparable coal-fired power stations would have cost; and what reply he has sent to...
asked the Minister of Power what estimate he has now made for output of coal in 1967; what effect delayed pit closures recently announced by the Government will have on total 1967 output; and...
asked the Minister of Power the estimated additional coal output arising from the recently announced curtailment of pit closures; the estimated loss arising from this decision; and for how long...
asked the Minister of Power what estimate he has made of the number of persons and their dependants whose livelihood depends on the coal industry, including both workers and their dependants...
asked the Minister of Power which Durham collieries that would otherwise be working in the 1970s will have to close if the Seaton Carew power station is based on nuclear power rather than coal;...
asked the Minister of Power if he will issue a general direction to the National Coal Board to publish details of payments still being made by the Board to owners of private railway lines which...
Mr. Clifford Williams: asked the Minister of Power what is the full total of interest money paid to the former colliery owners to the end of this year.
asked the Prime Minister if he will define the circumstances in which Her Majesty's Government would suggest to the Commonwealth countries a review of the no independence before majority rule...
asked the Prime Minister, in view of the conditions that the French Government have now imposed as a prerequisite for Great Britain's entry into the Common Market, if he will now state his...
asked the Prime Minister if he will undertake to preserve the existing powers of local government at least until the Royal Commission's report has been received by Her Majesty's Government.
asked the Prime Minister if the public speech of the First Secretary of State at Aberdeen on 15th October about the proposed Industrial Expansion Bill represents the policy of Her Majesty's...
asked the Prime Minister whether he will place in the Library a copy of his speech at Cambridge on 28th October on food prices.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs if he will make a statement on the situation in Aden.
Kenneth Marks, esquire, for Manchester, Gorton, made the Affirmation required by law.
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On a point of order, Mr. Speaker. I wish to raise a point of order with you, Sir, as I understand that the Amendment standing in my name, supported by 44 of my hon. Friends, is not to be called...
Mr. Charles Pannell appointed a Managing Trustee of the House of Commons Members' Fund in pursuance of Section 2 of the House of Commons Members' Fund Act 1939, in the room of Mr. John...
Mr. Charles Pannell appointed a Managing Trustee of the House of Commons Members' Contributory Pensions Fund in pursuance of Section 4 of the Ministerial Salaries and Members' Pensions Act 1965,...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Fitch.]
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