Monday, 3 November 1969
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
I regret to have to inform the House of the death of Sir Gerald Wills, M.B.E., Member for Bridgwater, and I desire on behalf of the House to express our sense of the loss we have sustained and...
Mr. Secretary Ross presented a Bill to confirm a Provisional Order under Section 8 of the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act 1936, relating to Edinburgh Corporation (to be proceeded...
On a point of order, Mr. Speaker. I beg leave to give notice that at the end of Question Time I intend to raise the matter of the grave inconvenience caused to Members by the hodge-podge...
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services when he intends to publish full details concerning the methods of payment of discretionary supplementary benefits.
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will make a statement on the effect of his new pension proposals on existing local government pension schemes.
Mr. Gresham Cooke: asked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether, in order to check abuses of supplementary benefits, he will now appoint an investigating officer to examine possible...
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether he has now received all the evidence he requires on which to make a statement on the implementation of the Seebohm Committee Report.
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will seek to amend the family allowance regulations so that young persons serving in the Voluntary Service Overseas Scheme are treated as...
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether he will make a statement on the provision of aid for the non-industrially disabled.
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what plans his Department has for abolishing the charges for welfare foods, such as milk and orange juice.
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what study his Department has made of the role of voluntary help in the provision of health and welfare services.
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will seek to amend the regulations governing the grant of war disability pensions so as to remove from a claimant any onus of proving the...
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what allowance is made by his local officials to old-age pensioners living alone to assist in the payment of the television licence.
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what further representations he has had in the last month concerning the inadequacy of the meal allowance of £48 per annum payable to nurses,...
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he is aware that the medical staff to patient ratios in the Warley and Runwell psychiatric hospitals in Essex are 1·08 and 1·76...
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether he will make a statement on the neurological services available for road accident victims in Southern Hampshire suffering from severe head...
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what has been the official establishment of hospital pharmacists in each of the past five years; what has been the actual strength in the same...
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether he will take action to encourage contacts such as visits and outings between the community and hospitals for the mentally handicapped.
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what consultations he has had concerning the condition of mental hospitals in this country ; and if he will make a statement.
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if, in view of the high administrative costs in checking claims for free prescriptions, the difficulties facing the low-paid worker as shown by...
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish the figures relating to immigrant births in his next quarterly return.
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what steps he intends to take to ensure that all women who need it are able to receive family planning advice.
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether the proposed expansion of mental health care will involve a transference from the present funds of the regional hospital boards.
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services when he expects to introduce legislation to discourage cigarette smoking.
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many persons in England and Wales suffer from industrial deafness ; and if he will now include this condition as a prescribed industrial disease.
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what steps are taken or proposed to ensure that immigrants suffering from or who might have contracted leprosy abroad do not enter this country.
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether, when the proposed private hospital is constructed at Lisson Grove, London, he will arrange to acquire it so that its facilities may be...
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what steps he is taking to bring about a meeting between the pharmaceutical and medical professions to discuss the question of dispensing in rural...
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether he will appoint an independent commission to inquire into the working of the Abortion Act.
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether he will investigate the dangers to health involved in the use of Vapona Strips as outlined in the hon. Member for Bosworth's letter of...
With your permission, Mr. Speaker, and that of the House, I wish to make a further statement about the supply of Government publications to Parliament. The House will recall that on 20th October...
Order read for resuming adjourned debate on Question [28th October]:
3.45 p.m.
Order for Second Reading read.
Order for Second Reading read.
Order for Second Reading read.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Ernest G. Perry.]
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