Wednesday, 5 November 1969
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair
The Glasgow Corporation Order Confirmation Bill was, according to Order, read the Third time and passed.
Mr. Speaker, I beg to ask leave to present the humble Petition of the Orpington Nurses and Citizens Association and residents of Orpington and other places, the Orpington Nurses and Citizens...
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food why the size of the sheep flock continues to fall; and what steps he proposes to take to reverse this trend.
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is his latest estimate of the 1969 harvest in the South-West and in the country as a whole.
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what additional output of British food during the last 12 months, measured in millions of pounds, has contributed to the balance of payments...
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, in view of large supplies of unsold British apples from the 1969 harvest and the glut of foreign supplies, what steps he is making to help...
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he will introduce legislation to make the sale of non-pasteurised milk illegal.
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when he intends to publish information on the effects on the cost of living of Great Britain's entry into the Common Market.
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what he estimates to be the cost of the recent decision of banks to raise their lending rates by ½ per cent. in a full year to the...
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many outbreaks of fireblight were notified to his Department in the past year; how this compares with previous years; and how many apple...
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will now make a further statement on his investigations into the effect of deep-sea oceanography on the lives, increase, decrease and...
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he has received from the Federation of British Port Wholesale Fish Merchants' Association their letter of protest against the White Fish...
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he will make a statement on his plans for the future of the glasshouse industry.
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is the most recent advice from his Advisory Committee about the use of monosodium-glutamate in food; and if he will make a statement.
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he will make a statement on the recent trials which have taken place at Government-run experimental farms on the intensive rearing of...
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he is satisfied with the progress of the selective expansion programme for agriculture; and if he will make a statement.
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many farms have now joined the Brucellosis Eradication Scheme; if he is satisfied with the progress being made; and if he will make a...
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what he estimates will be the extra amount of sugar consumed annually in this country as a result of the ban on cyclamates; and what...
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will carry out an investigation into the possible dangers to livestock health from diseases associated with the recent death of some...
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will now conduct a survey of the costs to agriculture of the continuance of British Standard Time.
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he will make an Order under the Weeds Act 1959 in respect of undeveloped land between Malvern Way and the Bath Road at Twyford.
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (1) whether he will now increase the levy registration fee on import contracts for grain; (2) whether he will issue a separate schedule of...
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he will take steps to vaccinate with Flurry vaccine the dogs in house arrest in Camberley and also those now in quarantine kennels.
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food which statutory and other organisations he consults when considering the effect of Section 11 of the Countryside Act, 1968, on applications...
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what proposals he has for encouraging the keeping of bees for the production of honey.
asked the Minister of Public Building and Works if he will make a statement about the increase in charges for visitors to ancient monuments in his care.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) what proposals he has received from the Lower Clyde Water Board to meet the needs of water consumers in the Paisley area and to prevent a recurring...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether the Gaming Board recommended that certain forms of gaming should be confined to three places only in Scotland.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make illegal in Scotland the sale, except for slaughter, of cattle which are confirmed brucellosis reactors.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will state the amount which has been invested from public funds, to the nearest convenient date, in the housing development at Mansewood, giving...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the total manpower available to police forces in Scotland in September, 1963, 1965, 1967 and 1969.
With permission, Mr. Speaker, I would like to make a statement. I would start by apologising to you and to the House for the length of the statement I have to make, but I would say that the...
The following Members were successful in the Ballot—
Order for Second Reading read.
Queen's Recommendation having been signified—
Ordered,
Read a Second time.
Queen's recommendation having been signified—
So much of the Lords Message [4th November] as communicates the Resolution. That it is desirable that a Joint Committee of both Houses of Parliament be appointed to consider and report whether...
Mr. James Davidson discharged from the Select Committee; Mr. David Steel added.—[Mr. Harper.]
Mr. Kenneth Baker, Mr. Michael Barnes, Mr. Joel Barnett, Mr. Boyd-Carpenter, Mr. Edwin Brooks, Sir Douglas Glover, Mr. Philip Holland, Mr. Frank Hooley, Mr. Kevin McNamara, Mr. Charles Mapp, Mr....
Select Committee appointed to consider Scottish Affairs:
Mr. John Ellis and Mr. Joe Ashton discharged from the Select Committee. Mr. John Golding and Mr. Arthur Latham added.—[Mr. Harper.]
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.[Mr. Harper.]
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