Thursday, 12 June 1969
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Consideration, as amended, deferred till Tuesday next.
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will make a further statement on his policy regarding the future of the direct grant schools in England and Wales.
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the permitted and estimated current cost of supervising school dinners, where teaching staff are not available; and to what extent...
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he will discuss with the Committee of Vice Chancellors, the Association of University Teachers and the National Union of Students,...
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he will set up a Committee of Inquiry into the post-graduate degrees and qualifications awarded by universities.
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will take steps to provide for the admission of children to school at four years of age in all areas or on a voluntary basis in the...
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will set up an inquiry into the effect on the extent to which the comfort and viewing of spectators and reporters at football matches...
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what representations he has received as to the inability of children to obtain work experience due to certain sections of the Factories Acts...
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will now make a further statement on proposals for new negotiating machinery for university teachers' salaries.
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) how many full-time students of electronics there are in English and Welsh institutions taking graduate courses at the latest available...
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what representations he has received about the Wolverhampton Education Committee's policy regarding secondary reorganisation in the county...
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science how many unrecognised boarding schools have been inspected during the last 12 months; how many of these have now been recognised as...
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what consultations he has now had with the British Film Institute regarding the improvement of the National Film Archive; and if he will...
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will make a further statement on the Tate Gallery.
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will hold consultations with the Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals about improvements in the position of students within...
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is the estimated number of new secondary school places to be provided under his three-year programme of extra building preparatory to...
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what is his estimate of the proportion of day-release students whose fees are paid for at the full economic rate by the firms sending them.
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science which recommendations of the Estimates Committee's Report on Grants to the Arts he intends to implement.
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will seek powers to provide additional facilities for motor car and motor cycle trails and racing circuits.
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what factors led him to decide against introducing a single school leaving date.
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science (1) why arrangements were made for the Minister of State to receive a delegation from a political organisation in Newbury to discuss the...
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what further proposals he has for encouraging voluntary work among young people.
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what percentage of full-time qualified women teachers in English and Welsh primary schools on 1st April, 1966 left the grant-aided sector of...
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what specific provisions he is making to meet the cost in the current year of the introduction of comprehensive secondary education.
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what representations have now been made to him about the future of religious instruction in schools; and what reply he has made.
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will make a statement on the progress of the Arts Council national inquiry into British orchestras.
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will give the details of the number of post-graduate awards in town planning to be made available for the academic year 1969–70;...
asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science whether he will make a statement on the future of secondary education in the county of Essex.
asked the Prime Minister if he will transfer the responsibility for keeping under review and amending the planning document, "The Task Ahead", from the Secretary of State for Economic Affairs to...
asked the Prime Minister if he will arrange a meeting with the President of France to discuss the subject of arms supply to Nigeria.
asked the Prime Minister if he will appoint a Minister of Information with the duty of co- ordinating the substance and timing of all major statements of Government policy.
Will the Leader of the House kindly state the business of the House for next week?
With permission, I will now make a further statement on the N.B.P.I.'s recent Report on Steel Prices. On 21st May, I told the House that the Government had accepted the main recommendation in...
I have a brief statement to make. The Services Committee, in its Fourth Report, stated that if those hon. Members who at present collected their Votes from the Post Office were willing to...
I apologise, Mr. Speaker, for doing what I have to do, but 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...
The following hon. Members were chosen in the Ballot:
OrderedThat this day Business other than the Business of Supply may be taken before Ten o'clock.—[Mr. McBride.]
[20TH ALLOTTED DAY],—considered.
4.12 p.m.
Motion made, and Question put:That the Proceedings on the Motion relating to the Government's action regarding the Divorce Reform Bill and on the Divorce Reform Bill may be entered upon and...
10.9 p.m.
Order read for resuming adjourned debate on Question [2nd May], That the Clause (Voluntary restriction of divorce), proposed on consideration of the Bill, as amended (in the Standing Committee),...
I beg to move Amendment No. 23, in page 1, line 7, after first 'marriage', insert 'solemnised after that date'. The Amendment will prevent the Bill from having retrospective effect. As it...
3.30 a.m.
I beg to move Amendment No. 17, in page 2, line 30, leave out 'may' and insert 'shall'. This again is not a major question. It is, indeed, a minor drafting matter. The Clause begins: Provision...
Amendment made: No. 20, in page 3, line 36, leave out Clause 4.—[Mr. Alec Jones.]
I beg to move Amendment No. 21, in page 4, line 36, leave out 'or the best that can be made in the circumstances'. To make this point intelligible it is necessary for me to read subsection...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn till Monday next.—[Mr. Concannon.]
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