Thursday, 22 May 1969
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
asked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity if she will seek to amend the parts of the Factories Acts and other legislation which restricts the work experience of schoolchildren;...
asked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity what she estimates to be the numbers of employed people who are left-handed; if she will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT any available...
asked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity what consultations she is currently conducting on her proposed legislation on industrial relations; and when she proposes to present...
asked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity when she proposes to introduce the order activating Part II of the Prices and Incomes Act, 1966; and if she will issue a White Paper...
asked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity what plans she has to deal with the problem of low wages, in view of the conclusions of the Green Paper, "A National Minimum Wage".
asked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity if she will set up an inquiry to examine the effects on work incentives of the introduction of a system of negative income tax to...
asked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity if she will now introduce legislation to establish the principle of equal pay on the lines of the Bill introduced in 1954.
Mr. Hamlin: asked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity what response she has had to her invitation to certain companies employing more than 5,000 employees in individual...
asked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity whether she will now make a statement on the Government's proposals for wages councils; and what consultations have taken place on...
asked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity which industrial training boards make provision in their schemes for grants for the training of shop stewards.
asked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity whether she will set up an inquiry into the practice of charging employers for the services of the Professional and Executive Register.
asked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity when she expects to introduce legislation to amend the Redundancy Payments Act.
asked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity in how many cases in which productivity agreements have been held to justify increases in wages and salaries in excess of the norms of...
asked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity if she is aware of the recent increases in prices of confectionery and toiletries; and if she will now refer these prices to the...
asked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity how many people were on either official or unofficial strike, respectively, on 1st May.
askd the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity how many working days per 1,000 employees have been lost to date this year due to official or unofficial stoppages; how this figure...
asked the Prime Minister what progress he has made in his discussions with the leaders of the Common Market countries on the proposals of the former President of France for a free trade area in...
asked the Prime Minister whether the public speech of the Secretary of State for Education and Science on participation, in London, on 30th April represents the policy of Her Majesty's Government.
asked the Prime Minister whether he is satisfied with the co-ordination between Ministers in establishing the number of civil servants required to implement recent legislation involving more than...
asked the Prime Minister whether he will now answer Questions about arrangements for collective consideration of important matters in the Cabinet.
asked the Prime Minister if he will seek to establish permanent and adequate machinery for examining the difficulties to which population growth gives rise, for giving early warning to Parliament...
The following Questions stood upon the Order Paper:
The following Questions stood upon the Order Paper:
May I ask the Leader of the House whether he will state the business of the House for the week after the Recess?
Bill to amend section 5 of the Firearms Act, 1968, presented by Mr. Peter Doig, supported by Mr. Adam Hunter, Mrs. Alice Cullen. Mr. Richard Buchanan, Mr. Edward Mr. Taylor, and Mr. Tom McMillan,...
Queen's Recommendation having been signified—
As amended (in the Standing Committee), considered.
At the end of section 28 of the Housing Subsidies Act 1967 (aggregate amount of subsidy under Part II) there shall be added the following:— '(3) The Minister of Housing and Local...
The Leasehold Reform Act, 1967 shall have effect, and be deemed always to have had effect, as if in section 9(1) (which provides for the price to be paid by a tenant on an enfranchisement under...
.—(1) Where a tenancy is both a protected tenancy within the meaning of the Rent Act, 1968 and a long tenancy within the meaning of Part I of the Landlord and Tenant Act, 1954,...
(1) On an application under section 56(2) of this Act with respect to any dwelling the court shall not make an order empowering the landlord to enter and carry out any works if, not earlier than...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Dr. Miller.]
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