Wednesday, 23 April 1969
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Question No. 1—Mr. Gordon Campbell.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is his policy regarding the work of the Land Commission in Scotland.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what have been the results of his discussions with local authorities in Scotland regarding meeting the costs of the work on strenthening of certain high...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland which industries he has identified as having the greatest capability to contribute to his target of a gross increase of 130,000 jobs created in Scotland...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the total number of representations received by his Department to date about British Standard Time; and how many of these favoured and opposed...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the number of clerical grade officers and senior officers employed by the Ayrshire Executive Council to check the entitlement to exemption from...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the total number of geriatric beds in Ayrshire; and
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what he estimates will be the effect upon the housing programme in Scotland of the 8 per cent. Bank Rate.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland when the next official state visit of the head of a foreign state will be made to Scotland.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will now make a statement on the rating of agricultural buildings.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what further discussions he has had with local authorities concerning major developments in the Firth of Clyde.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland when he estimates the current shortage of teachers in Scottish primary schools will be overcome; and to what extent this is taken into account in the...
Earl of Dalkeith: asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what representations he has received about the exclusion of Edinburgh, Leith and Portobello from the Scottish development area.
Earl of Dalkeith: asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the average cost of building a four-apartment house in Scotland in 1964; and what was the average cost of building a similar...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what estimate he has made of the numbers of wage-earners who satisfy the conditions laid down by building societies in order to secure a loan for newly...
Mr. Edward M. Taylor: asked the Secretary of State for Scotland by what percentage the numbers of murders and crimes of violence, respectively, increased between 1957 and 1968.
Mr. Edward M. Taylor: asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what estimate he has made of the additional cost to Glasgow ratepayers of establishing a passenger transport authority in the area.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what large and small burghs have built the most houses, stating the number of private and local authority houses, from 1962 to 1968, respectively; and...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what consultation he had with road and highways authorities prior to his publication of the White Paper for "Roads in the Seventies", and what fuller...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what reports he has received from health authorities regarding the health of council tenants; and if he will make a statement.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many local authorities have submitted plans for comprehensive education; and how many are outstanding.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland when he expects to receive the report of the Sidwell investigation into house building costs in Scotland.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what proposals he has received from Aberdeen Corporation regarding alterations in the agreed scheme of comprehensive reorganisation of schools.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish an interim report on the progress made towards the 1971 targets regarding the provision of roads, housing, new jobs, and in solving...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what has been the increase in public spending on housing, education, health, roads, and in the Highlands in the last four years, as compared with the...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what representations he has had from Glasgow Corporation amending the progress on the outline comprehensive redevelopment schemes.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how much educational building he estimates will be started in 1970; and how this compares with 1968.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he will list the local authorities which had not achieved by 1967 a rate of 10 per 1,000 houses in their granting of housing improvement grants;...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the total acreage of sugar beet contracted with the Cupar sugar factory for the current season.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many representations he has received asking for the provision of season ticket facilities for the Forth and Tay Road Bridges; and what reply he has sent.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland when he now expects to annonce his proposals as a result of the Hunter Committee Report.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what estimate he has made of the additional costs which will have to be borne by milk producers during the next 12 months; what these costs are; and what...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland to what extent the recent price review awards were designed to stop the fall in the numbers of those employed on Scottish farms.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland by which date in 1970 the employment targets contained in the Command Paper entitled The Scottish Economy, 1965–1970, will be reached.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what study he has made of the effect of the transport subvention proposed for Northern Ireland egg producers on producers in Scotland.
(by Private Notice) asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs why the High Commissioner in Nairobi refused admission vouchers to the United Kingdom to the two British...
Bill to established the principle of equal pay, presented by Mr. Christopher Norwood; supported by Mr. David Winnick, Mrs. Anne Kerr, Mr. Sydney Bidwell, Mr. Norman Atkinson, and Mr. John Lee;...
Ordered,That this day Business other than the Business of Supply may be taken before Ten o'clock.—[Mr. Peart.]
3.35 p.m.
[17TH ALLOTTED DAY],—considered.
We have already lost part of a short debate. I hope that back benchers who are called will be reasonably brief when we get to them.
The Clerk Assistant at the Table informed the House of the unavoidable absence of Mr. SPEAKER.
Order for Second Reading read.
Ordered,That the Proceedings on the Customs Duties (Dumping and Subsidies) Bill [Lords], and on the Walsall Corporation Bill, the West Bromwich Corporation Bill and the Wolverhampton Corporation...
Question again proposed, That the Bill be now read a Second time.
Order for Second Reading read.
Read a Second time and committed.
Considered in Committee.
Ordered,That the Select Committee have power to appoint persons with expert knowledge for the purpose of particular inquiries, either to supply information which is not readily available or to...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Dr. Miller.]
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