Monday, 19 May 1969
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
As amended, to be considered Tomorrow.
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether the meals supplied to hospital nurses are at standard charges and of standard quality and quantity throughout the country; and whether hot...
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what consideration he has given to the Goodmayes Hospital site in deciding where the proposed new District General Hospital to serve the Ilford...
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what percentage of beds in National Health Service hospitals was occupied by geriatric cases and mental health cases, respectively, in 1960,...
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the waiting list for the fitting of bone conduction hearing aids in the area of the South Teesside Hospital Management Committee and the...
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what steps he is taking to improve the procedure for the delivery of centrally supplied vehicles ordered by hospital management committees through...
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) whether he will re-examine the rôle of the general practitioner in the hospital service; (2) whether he will initiate proposals for the...
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) why no capital expenditure was planned for 1968–69 and is planned for 1969–70 for extensions or improvement projects to Exmouth...
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether he will now establish a commissioner to investigate complaints by both staff and patients in the National Health Service.
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what parts of the National Health Service will be cut as a result of the reallocation of resources within the National Health Service to mental...
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services in view of the fact that there are a number of old people in mental hospitals who have no need of this type of attention, what action he is taking...
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether he will make a statement on the experiments carried out in hospitals to fertilise human ova in test-tubes.
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services when he expects to receive the report of his advisory committee on transplant surgery; and whether he will publish it.
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether he is now in a position to announce the names of the persons whom he has invited to serve as members of the Medicines Commission.
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will seek to apply selectively the proposed increase in retirement benefits announced in the Budget.
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what consultations he has held on the problems of protecting pension rights in occupational pension schemes on changes of employment with...
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he has received an invitation to meet representatives of the Psychiatric Committee of the Royal College of Nursing consequent upon the...
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what further proposals he has for vehicles for disabled drivers.
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) how he plans to finance the increase in retirement pensions this autumn; (2) what pensions and benefits he plans to increase this autumn.
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what was the average net remuneration before tax of National Health Service dentists in the latest year for which figures are available in the...
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will institute a study of the future of family allowances, with particular reference to negative income tax as an earnings-related...
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will now consider taking steps to involve education authorities in responsibilities for play groups.
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether the total number of prescriptions issued by doctors since the imposition of charges has risen or fallen.
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether he will make a further statement on the working of the Abortion Act.
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list in the OFFICIAL REPORT items of dental treatment which a patient may require but which may not be provided under his regulations...
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether his discussions about the reorganisation of the National Health Service are yet complete; and if he will now make a statement.
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services why, when there is an increase of rent or other changed circumstance which justifies an increase in supplementary benefit, such increased benefit...
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will take steps to improve the design of spectacle frames available under the National Health Service.
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether, in view of the difficulties which have arisen with regard to the operation of the Abortion Act, he will ensure that all local authorities...
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the estimated cost of the 1969 Test Census.
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether he will publish a White Paper detailing social statistics such as suicide, illegitimacy, children in care, venereal disease, divorce and...
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will make a claim for overpayment in respect of the purchase for the National Health Service of broad-spectrum antibiotics in cases where...
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services in view of the number of cases of poisoning of children through their mistaking pills for sweets, whether he will take steps to ensure that...
On a point of order. I beg to ask leave to move the Adjournment of the House under Standing Order No. 9 for the purpose of discussing a specific and important matter that should have urgent...
Motion made, and Question proposed,That this House, at its rising on Friday, do adjourn till Monday 9th June.—[Mr. Peart.]
As amended (in the Standing Committee), considered.
6.40 p.m.
I beg to move Amendment No. 4, in page 5, line 11, at end insert 'and costings'. This is an important Amendment. I do not so describe it because my name is attached to it, but because those...
I beg to move Amendment No. 6, in page 7, line 36, leave out paragraph (m). At the end of the series of paragraphs giving the powers to the London Transport Executive, there comes paragraph (m)...
7.15 p.m.
I beg to move Amendment No. 10, in page 14, line 23, leave out 'a substantial outlay on capital account' and insert:'an outlay on capital account in excess of such a sum as may from time to time...
Amendment made: No. 12, in page 21, line 39, leave out 'that subsection' and insert the said subsection (4)'.—[Mr. Bob Brown.]
I beg to move Amendment No. 13, in page 28, line 42, leave out 'express' and insert '(a)'.
Amendment made: Amendment No. 20, in page 31, line 41, leave out 'then, if' and insert 'and'.—[Mr. Bob Brown.]
8.45 p.m.
I beg to move Amendment No. 24, in page 43, line 30 after 'place', insert: 'provided that any such person authorised by the local authority or the Council shall have specialised training for this...
I beg to move Amendment No. 31, in page 65, line 36, leave out paragraph 4.
Mr. Bob Brown: I beg to move Amendment No. 44, in page 68, line 26, after 'hours', insert: 'and from which a copy of those draft regulations may be obtained on request'. The effect of this...
10.33 p.m.
I beg to move, That the Police Pensions (Amendment) Regulations 1969, a draft of which was laid before this House on 23rd April, be approved. These draft regulations amend the Police Pensions...
10.54 p.m.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. McCann.]
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