Monday, 13 November 1967
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
asked the Minister of Labour if he is aware that the Draughtsmen's and Allied Technicians' Association has terminated its minimum wage agreement with the Engineering Employers' Federation; what...
asked the Minister of Labour when he expects to receive the report of the Royal Commission on Trade Unions and Employers' Associations; and if he will make a statement.
asked the Minister of Labour what proposals he will make to deal with anomalies arising from the introduction of decasualisation in the docks industry; and whether he will make a statement.
asked the Minister of Labour whether he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT statistics showing the number of unemployed people who took up courses for industrial retraining at Government training...
asked the Minister of Labour if he will make a statement on the latest unemployment position in the country.
asked the Minister of Labour whether, in view of the fact that it has now been decided that fish filleting is a manufacturing process for the purpose of refund of the Selective Employment Tax, he...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he will reconsider his decision to set up under the Industrial Training Act, 1964, an industrial training board for the distributive industry, in view of the...
asked the Minister of Labour if he will seek to amend the Redundancy Payments Act so that redundancy pay cannot be claimed more than six months after a man is made redundant instead of the...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he will now make a statement on the future of the Youth Employment Service.
Summerskill: asked the Minister of Labour what steps he is taking to reduce the increasing number of industrial accidents and deaths.
asked the Minister of Labour whether he will make a statement about the result of his discussions with leaders of the Confederation of British Industry and the Trades Union Congress concerning...
asked the Minister of Labour what further steps are to be taken by his Department to avoid a strike of British Overseas Airways Corporation airline pilots.
asked the Minister of Labour what was the total working time lost through industrial disputes, through industrial injuries and as a result of industrial diseases, during 1966.
asked the Minister of Labour what are the average weekly earnings in the country as a whole and in Cornwall; and in which counties in England are the average weekly earnings lower than in Cornwall.
asked the Minister of Labour if he will set up a commission, to sit in public, to inquire into Communist activity in the trade unions and through unofficial strikes.
asked the Minister of Labour, what was the percentage increased in unemployed in Northern Ireland between July, 1961, and October, 1962, and between July, 1966, and October, 1967, respectively.
asked the Minister of Labour how many women are at present undertaking courses in government training centres; and what percentage this represents of all those on such courses.
asked the Minister of Labour how many of the miners made redundant by the recent accident at the Michael Colliery, Fife, have applied for training for other employment; and how many have been...
asked the Minister of Labour if he will give the latest unemployment figure for the Northern Region; and if he will make a statement.
asked the Minister of Labour what are the figures for unemployment and vacancies in the Greater
asked the Minister of Labour if he will introduce legislation to make it a crime for employers in Great Britain to refuse to employ people between 40 and 65 years of age because of their age,...
Mr. Bob Brown: asked the Minister of Labour what are the numbers of unemployed men, women and school-leavers in Newcastle and Newburn; and what were the numbers of unfilled vacancies at the...
asked the Attorney-General what proceedings he is taking against Granada Television for filming the operation of Radio Caroline South in breach of the Marine, &c., Broadcasting Offences Act.
asked the Attorney-General whether he will give an assurance that solicitors are not, and will not be, appointed justices of the peace for the areas in which their firms practise.
asked the Attorney-General whether he will instruct the Director of Public Prosecutions to take proceedings against the directors of Stewarts and Lloyds, Corby, Northants, for giving aid to the...
I will, with permission, make a statement on the position in the London docks. Compared with the situation when I reported to the House on 9th November, there has been an improvement at West...
Bill to make further provision with respect to borrowing by and grants to the National Coal Board; to provide for supplementary payments to redundant workers in the coal industry, for the...
Ordered,That this day Business other than the Business of Supply may be taken before Ten o'clock.—[Mr. Harper.]
[1ST ALLOTTED DAY], considered.
3.39 p.m.
10.0 p.m.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Howie.]
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