Thursday, 25 January 1968
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Mr. Edward M. Taylor: asked the Postmaster-General what steps have been taken by the British Broadcasting Corporation to improve reception of Radio 2 in Scotland.
asked the Postmaster-General if he will make a statement on the local sound radio experiment; and if he will indicate the proportion of the running costs being raised by local sources other than...
asked the Postmaster-General if he will give an assurance that the British Broadcasting Corporation licence fee will not be raised during 1968 and 1969.
asked the Postmaster-General if he will make a statement on the success of the recent measures to prevent television licence evasion.
asked the Postmaster-General in view of the fact that present television broadcasting hours do not always cater for old people and shift workers, he will now take steps to extend the broadcasting...
asked the Postmaster-General what progress is being made with the development of postal coding; and if he will make a statement.
asked the Postmaster-General what steps he is taking to adapt Post Office techniques and machines to be ready for the introduction of decimalisation; and if he will make a statement.
asked the Postmaster-General (1) what estimate he has made of the extra expenditure on similar postage of present users of first-class mail in the first year after the introduction of the...
asked the Postmaster-General why 22 extra public relations officers have been appointed by the Post Office since September, 1964.
asked the Postmaster-General what plans he has to start a postal mini-bus service in Norfolk.
asked the Postmaster-General what proportion of the machinery of the computers for the national Giro is to be manufactured in Great Britain, and what proportion is to be manufactured abroad.
asked the Postmaster-General what is the average time for the transmission of first-class mail in the London area.
asked the Postmaster-General if it will be his practice in future to obtain the approval of the National Board for Prices and Incomes for increases in postal charges.
The Post Office has under consideration changes in the charges both for postal services and for telecommunications services; both increases and decreases would be involved. It is proposed that...
asked the Postmaster-General to what extent the mechanisation of the Post Office at Norwich has improved service to Post Office users: and whether he will make a statement.
asked the Postmaster-General of the authorised establishment of full-time posts on 1st November, 1967, of 8,587 in Scotland, how many are women; and what has been their average length of service.
asked the Postmaster-General what is the average time of transmission of special delivery letters for which a charge of 3s. is made.
asked the Postmaster-General how many private letters to Rhodesia originating from the United Kingdom have been opened in his Department in the last 12 months.
asked the Postmaster-General what proposals he has for making available, and popularising, public telex facilities in Cheltenham and other such centres.
asked the Postmaster-General if he will establish in rural areas post offices, provided that they would be centrally and conveniently situated, on railway stations, as in one case on the Kyle...
asked the Postmaster-General if he will make use of public service passenger vehicles, where possible, instead of mail vans, as in Skye, to make more viable a public passenger service otherwise...
asked the Postmaster-General what percentage of letters are being delivered the following day compared with three years ago.
asked. the Postmaster-General what was the total cost of equipment of foreign manufacture purchased by the Post Office last year; what proportion this was of total purchases; and what steps he is...
asked the Postmaster-General whether, in support of the widespread public mood of greater attention to work and service, he will ask head postmasters to review permissions already given to...
asked the Postmaster-General to what extent delays in the supply of equipment are holding up the construction of automatic telephone exchanges.
asked the Postmaster General how many applicants are waiting for telephone installations in Luton, Dunstable, Leighton Buzzard, and the Luton rural district; and what steps are being taken to...
asked the Postmaster-General if he will extend the telephone service to enable callers to dial for a news report, sporting and racing results, stock exchange prices and other matters of public...
asked the Postmaster-General what reduction in the cost of the directory inquiry service has been achieved so far by the increased expenditure on promoting the sale of classified directories; how...
asked the Postmaster-General what proposals he has regarding telephone rentals.
asked the Prime Minister which firms, in which foreign countries, are now known to be breaking the sanctions imposed on Rhodesia.
asked the Prime Minister if he will instruct Ministers replying to hon. Members letters on behalf of their constituents to send personal answers rather than mimeographed statements applicable...
asked the Prime Minister if he will make a further statement on the progress of negotiations for Great Britain to join the Common Market.
asked the Prime Minister whether the public speech of the Lord President of the Council at Coventry on 8th December, 1967, about Government intervention in the fixing of rents by local...
Mr. Clifford Williams: asked the Prime Minister if, now that the Welsh Office is well established, he will allocate further responsibilities to this Department.
asked the Prime Minister on what basis hon. Members are appointed by the Government to attend the meetings of Western European Union Assembly.
The following Questions stood upon the Order Paper:
On a point of order. I think that this is the right moment to raise a point of order about Question Time, so that the House does not set itself a precedent which it might regret. I would value...
May I ask the Leader of the House to State the business of the House for next week?
Mr. Ross. Statement.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Varley.]
4.41 p.m.
Mr. Richard Hornby and Dr. David Kerr to have leave of absence to present, on behalf of this House, a Clerks' Table and Chairs to the National Assembly of Lesotho.—[Mr. Armstrong.]
Mr. Blackburn, Sir John Eden, Mr. John Ellis and Mr. R. Graham Page to have leave of absence to present, on behalf of this House, a Parliamentary Library and Silver Inkstand to the National...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House now adjourn.—[Mr. Armstrong.]
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