Tuesday, 9 December 1969
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
The Order of the day being read, for the Second Reading of the Calderdale Water Bill [Lords].
asked the Minister of Transport whether he has yet received proposals that he should approve reductions in the pensions payable to the staff of British Railways in order to accommodate the...
asked the Minister of Transport if he will make it a condition of his approval of the capital expenditure involved that the British Railways Board shall improve the services which the Board...
asked the Minister of Transport what estimate he has made of the cost of installing double white lines, and an island refuge. respectively, at Cambridge Road junction on the A38
asked the Minister of Transport whether he has yet received the proposals of the interests concerned and whether he will now publish the up-to-date financial calculations with regard to the...
asked the Minister of Transport if he has now received the project feasibility study about the line of the proposed road link between the M6 and the Fylde Coast; and if he will make a statement.
asked the Minister of Transport if he will make a further statement on his policy regarding the introduction of random testing with breathalysers.
asked the Minister of Transport whether he will state his future intentions in regard to the introduction of half-barrier level crossings and give details of proposals made to him for the...
asked the Minister of Transport whether he will state the average times between the decisions to build new urban and rural roads and the commencement of their construction.
asked the Minister of Transport how many people were killed in road accidents involving articulated lorries during the first 10 months of 1969, compared with the comparable period of 1968; and...
asked the Minister of Transport if he will have signs erected on the M1 at Aldenham and at its junction with the M10 warning drivers that the width of each carriageway decreases from three...
asked the Minister of Transport what estimate he has made of the progress that will have been made towards the completion of London's primary road network by the end of the 1970s on the basis of...
asked the Minister of Transport (1) how many prosecutions have taken place, and how many are pending, for traffic offences at the junction of the A38 with the A370 at East Brent between 6th...
asked the Minister of Transport (1) how many prosecutions received from local interests in the Milford Haven Area regarding the Government's impending legislation on the reorganisation of the...
asked the Minister of Transport, having regard to hazards arising from single track road traffic on the over bridge, A440 Pershore to Upton-upon-Severn, and trains beneath travelling at speeds up...
asked the Minister of Transport whether he will make a statement upon the proposals made to him for 56-foot-long road, train-type, goods vehicles; and what representations he has received from...
asked the Minister of Transport whether it is the intention of his Department to approve only those local authority road schemes submitted to them which provide for 24-foot carriageways and not...
asked the Minister of Transport what is the value of subsidies for rural bus services withdrawn by the National Bus Company as a result of the discretion granted to them under Section 54 of the...
asked the Minister of Transport if he will publish the approximate average cost, excluding land acquisition, of building one mile of motorway through open country for each of the years from 1960...
asked the Minister of Transport what was the mileage and value of road schemes in the preparation pool on 31st October, 1969.
Mr. Edward M. Taylor: asked the Minister of Transport what was the total number of train derailments in the most recent 12-month period for which figures are available; and what were the...
asked the Secretary of State for Local Government and Regional Planning what inter-departmental machinery exists for the co-ordination of research and policy making concerning problems of...
asked the Prime Minister if he will invite General Gowon to visit London to take part in talks with him about future British policy regarding the Nigerian civil war.
asked the Prime Minister which Minister is now in charge of the Government's Press and public relations.
asked the Prime Minister if he will make a statement about his discussions with Mr. Maurer, the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Roumania.
asked the Prime Minister if he will make a statement about his most recent meeting with the Prime Minister of Northern Ireland.
asked the Prime Minister when he next proposes to pay an official visit to the President of the United States of America.
asked the Prime Minister what plans he has for paying an official visit to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics during the lifetime of the present Parliament.
On a point of order, Mr. Speaker. In deference to your wish I did not raise this as a point of order while Questions were being answered, but may I refer back to Question No. Q6? You will...
Peter Derek Fry, Esquire, Member for Wellingborough, was sworn.
Mr. Eric Lubbock presented a Bill to amend section 127 of the Highways Act, 1959: And the same was read the First time; and ordered to be read a Second time upon Friday next and to be printed....
Ordered,That this day Business other than the Business of Supply may be taken before Ten o'clock.—[The Prime Minister.]
I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to render Statutory Instruments subject to amendment by the House of Commons, upon passage of a substantive motion before third reading of a...
[4TH ALLOTTED DAY], considered.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Charles R. Morris.]
3.54 p.m.
10.11 p.m.
11.5 p.m.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Dobson.]
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