Thursday, 4 December 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 publish a list of the standstill orders or directions under the Prices and Incomes Acts, 1966, 1967 and 1968 at present in...
asked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity how many wage settlements have been notified to her Department in the current year to the latest available date where the award has...
asked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity what was the total employable labour force in Midlothian in April, 1966; how many were male and female; how many were teenage, male...
asked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity how many ex-miners received industrial retraining in the year 1968 in the County of Midlothian and to the nearest available date in1969.
asked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity what consultations she is having about her proposed legislation on safety, health and welfare; and if she will make a statement.
asked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity what further consultations she plans to have with the Confederation of British Industry over the forthcoming Industrial Relations...
asked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity what progress she has made in achieving a settlement in the inter-union dispute concerning the appointment of mechanical craftsmen at...
asked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity what consultations she is having in connection with formulating regulations under the Employers' Liability(Compulsory Insurance) Act,...
asked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity what percentage increase was involved in the settlement of the British Leyland clerical staff wage claim; and on what grounds it was...
asked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity what percentage increase was involved in the settlement of the motor vehicle retailing and repair workers' wage claim; and on what...
asked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity whether she will list the total number in employment in the North- western Region at the latest available date and the equivalent...
asked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity what estimate she has made of the in crease in average earnings of women in industry by 1975 resulting from the ending of...
asked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity whether she will list the total number in employment in the Yorkshire and Humberside Region at the latest available date and the...
asked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity how many Government training centres and training places there were in each year since 1964; and how many are planned in the next two...
asked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity what plans she has for enlarging the Wages Councils' Inspectorate and for increasing the fines on employers who are found to be paying...
asked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity what studies she is making of the economic and social consequences of mergers which have taken place.
asked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity what she is doing to identify those groups who are low-paid.
Mr. Fred Evans: asked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity what plans she has to extend Government training and retraining facilities in South Wales.
Mr. Fred Evans: asked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity whether she will introduce legislation to amend the Industrial Training Act in order to enable the Industrial...
asked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity (1) what has been the average rise of wage rates during the last six months in the private sector of industry and services; (2) what...
asked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity what were the average gross annual earnings for men and women, respectively, in Great Britain in 1968.
asked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity what services are now being provided to industry and the trade unions by the Manpower and Productivity Service of her Department.
asked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity what proposal she has to extend the range of skills and crafts taught in Government training centres.
asked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity what changes have been made in her Department's Resettlement Transfer Scheme.
asked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity what increases there have been in the size of the Factory Inspectorate over the past three years.
asked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity what proposals she has to ensure that coloured workers obtain equality of opportunity in obtaining work in new areas of industry.
Mr. Bid well: asked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity whether she will make a statement about the working of the Race Relations Act as it affects placements by employment...
asked the Prime Minister when he intends to hold an official meeting with the Chancellor of Federal Germany.
Will the Leader of the House kindly state the business of the House for next week?
As we reached only Question No. Q1 to the Prime Minister, and No. Q3 was not answered, and, therefore, apparently Scotland's vital statistics remain veiled in mystery, I wonder, Mr. Speaker,...
With your permission, Mr. Speaker, I should like to make a personal statement. At Question Time yesterday, I answered a supplementary question from the hon. Member for Moray and Nairn (Mr....
Mrs. Joyce Butler, supported by Sir Stephen McAdden, Mr. John Farr, Mr. John Rankin, Mr. Jeremy Thorpe, and Mr. Tony Gardner, presented a Bill to confer powers in relation to the provision of...
Mrs. Joyce Butler, supported by Mr. Bishop, Mrs. Freda Corbet, Mrs. Winifred Ewing, Miss Margaret Herbison, Mrs. Lena Jeger, Mrs. Anne Kerr, Miss Quennell, Dr. Shirley Summerskill, and Dame Joan...
3.58 p.m.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. James Hamilton.]
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