Monday, 17 February 1969
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
I note a tendency to group with early numbered Questions late numbered Questions. I must protect those who put down their Questions early and will not necessarily call supplementaries on late...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the latest attempts to end the war in Nigeria.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what further steps he is taking to secure a settlement of the Arab-Israeli conflict in line with the Security Council resolution...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is the policy of Her Majesty's Government towards the continued membership of Greece in the Council of Ministers of the...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what further representations are being made at the United Nations and other international bodies over the continued Russian...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will invite the United States Government to join in a new initiative to secure the banning of underground nuclear tests...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what plans he has to initiate dis- cussions with the new United States administration concerning the control of Great Britain's...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what consultations he has had with other Commonwealth countries, since the Prime Ministers' Conference, about problems of...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on current relations with St. Kitts, Nevis and Anguilla.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on progress with the Harmel proposals.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what proposals he has put to Mr. Smith for a second guarantee which does not include participation from outside Rhodesia; and if...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is the result of his study of the implications of the Spanish extension of air and sea territorial limits for Gibraltar; and...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what action Her Majesty's Government are taking to expedite the study by the United Nations Economic and Social Council of the...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much each of the 101 members of the United Nations who recently voted in favour of extending the mandate of the United...
Governmental contributions (expressed in U.S. $) to U.N.R.W.A. made by the 101 countries who voted in favour of Resolution A/SPC/L.165 in the Special Political Committee of the United Nations...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many British ships are now detained in the Suez Canal; what estimate he has of resulting costs so far incurred by the ship...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs in what circumstances the 11-year-old schoolboy, Lin Feng, was arrested in Hong Kong; what charges were preferred against him;...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the progress of discussions with the Argentine Government concerning the future of the Falkland...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he will make a statement on the arrangements for the sale of Crown land at Mafeking, South Africa.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he has received from the United States Government about the supply to Malaysia of advanced supersonic...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the practice of locking-in in the Hong Kong prisons; for what periods prisoners are subjected to...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a further statement regarding the illegal imprisonment of Mr. Anthony Grey by the Chinese authorities.
On a point of order. I beg to ask leave to move the Adjournment of the House under Standing Order No. 9 on a specific and important matter which should have urgent consideration, namely, the...
Bill to amend the law with respect to proceedings for offences under the Auctions (Bid ding Agreements) Act 1927; to make fresh provision as to the rights of a seller of goods by auction where an...
Referred to a Second Reading Committee.—[Mr. Peart.]
Order for Second Reading read.
Queen's Recommendation having been signified—
As amended (in the Standing Committee), considered.
The Minister shall, as at 1st April 1971, undertake a review of all pensions to which this Act applies and shall estimate the change if any in the purchasing power of such pensions since the last...
I beg to move Amendment No. 4, in page 12 leave out lines 5 to 17 and insert:
It has been suggested to me that we might debate with the first Order the four other Orders. The first Order will be moved and on that we shall debate all five Orders, heterogeneous as they are....
Order for Second Reading read.
Queen's Recommendation having been signified—
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. McBride.]
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