Tuesday, 4 February 1969
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
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Mr. Gresham Cooke: I have to present to the House a public Petition against the closure of Bearsted Memorial Maternity Hospital near Hampton Court in my constituency. The Petition was started in...
asked the Minister of Public Building and Works what economy in imported building materials occurred in 1968 as a result of the policy of import substitution; and what further progress he...
asked the Minister of Public Building and Works what effects he has measured in recent months of the ending of building control licensing; whether he is now satisfied that all home-produced...
asked the Minister of Public Building and Works whether he will make a statement on the lighting installed on Constitution Hill.
asked the Minister of Public Building and Works whether he will make a statement on the implications for his Department's personnel in Portsmouth of the Government's review of the future of naval...
asked the Minister of Public Building and Works what is his assessment of the work done for his Department at Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough, on condensation in recently-built houses.
Mr. W. H. K. Baker: asked the Minister of Public Building and Works what is the total cost of the acquisition by the Land Commission of offices and other accommodation in Scotland to date; and...
asked the Minister of Public Building and Works how many steam-boilers his Department maintains on behalf of his own or other Government Departments.
asked the Minister of Public Building and Works whether he will take steps to ensure that in future in the case of local authority and private architects' drawing offices the level of design work...
asked the Minister of Public Building and Works how many projects using metric dimensions his Department has sent out to tender.
asked the Minister of Public Building and Works what expenditure he is incurring in connection with the investitute of the Prince of Wales at Caernarvon Castle.
asked the Minister of Public Building and Works whether he will now announce the name of his Department's representative on the Metrication Board.
asked the Minister of Public Building and Works whether he will arrange for his National Consultative Council to study the impact of British Standard Time upon the construction industry.
asked the Minister of Public Building and Works whether he will now make a further statement on the impact of Selective Employment Tax on the construction industry.
asked the Minister of Public Building and Works when he proposes to attend a meeting of the Economic Development Committee for the building industry.
asked the Minister of Public Buildings and Works what progress he has made since the month of December, 1968 in minimising the duplication of Departmental forms sent to building contractors...
asked the Minister of Public Building and Works how many contracts for new construction work were let by his Department in 1968 to building firms employing between 100 and 500 men; and what...
asked the Minister of Public Building and Works whether he will name the members of the Forbes Committee on the registration of builders; and how many times the Committee has met to the latest...
asked the Minister of Public Building and Works what studies he has made of the effect on the construction industry of current import restrictions on plywood.
asked the Minister of Public Building and Works what is the current building cost of providing museum space per square foot.
asked the Minister of Public Building and Works what agencies have been used by the Agrément Board to test new building materials and components other than the Building Research Station.
asked the Minister of Public Building and Works whether he will make a statement on the progress of his Department's experiments in serial tendering.
Mr. Edward M. Taylor: asked the Minister of Power what representations he has received from the shipbuilding industry regarding the price of steel; and what reply he has sent.
asked the Minister of Power to what extent he expects the delay and increases in capital and generating costs now arising at the Dungeness B nuclear power station to recur in the costs of the...
asked the Minister of Power if he will give authority to the National Coal Board to plan for an additional 12½ million tons of coal, in the light of the amended figure of the landing of...
Mr. Edward M. Taylor: asked the Minister of Power what is the average price charged for smokeless fuel for domestic use in Scotland; and what is the average price in England and Wales.
asked the Prime Minister whether the speech of the Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary at The Hague on 8th November, 1968, regarding European policy represents Government policy.
asked the Prime Minister when he will next take the chair at a meeting of the National Economic Development Council.
asked the Prime Minister whether he will take steps to coordinate the responsibilities of respective Ministers for the prevention of accidents, fire and disease in various forms of employment.
asked the Prime Minister when he plans to meet President Nixon to discuss matters of common concern.
asked the Prime Minister what further proposals he has for reducing the size and cost of his administration.
The following Question stood upon the Order Paper:
Mr. Emrys Hughes. A point of order.
On a point of order. My point of order, of which I have given you notice, Mr. Speaker, is less controversial than the last with which you have dealt and I am not certain that it is a point of...
With permission, Mr. Speaker, I wish to make a statement. In his reply yesterday to a Private Notice Question by my hon. Friend the Member for Lewisham, West (Mr. Dickens), my right hon. Friend...
I wish to raise a point of order on a different question from that which we have been discussing and one—[Interruption.]
With permission Mr. Speaker, I would like to make a statement. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Education and Science has decided to institute an inquiry into adult education in...
Bill to make provision for the payment by local authorities out of the general rate fund of contributions in connection with the provision of housing accommodation; and for purposes connected...
4.31 p.m.
Bill to require the deposit of certain copies of moving pictures in the National Film Archive of the British Film Institute, presented accordingly, and read the First time; to be read a Second...
Order for Second Reading read.
3.41 p.m.
7.43 p.m.
8.54 p.m.
9.54 p.m.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Dr. Miller.]
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