Tuesday, 16 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 Housing and Local Government if he will make a statement about Her Majesty's Government's policy on the abolition of ground rents and rent charges.
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government what steps he is taking to investigate the possibilities of augmenting public water supplies by a Humber barrage scheme and increased...
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government why his Department has forbidden local authorities to make loans to co-ownership housing societies.
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government if he will approve the programmes for an additional number of council houses of the Barnard Castle Urban and Barnard Castle Rural District...
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government if he will advise local authorities to cease obtaining the advice of the Royal Institute of British Architects on the selection of architects...
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government if he will introduce legislation to enable him to make grants to householders wishing to install smokeless appliances whether or not their...
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government if he will make a further allocation of £100,000 for the use of St. Albans City Council in the granting of loans to would-be purchasers of...
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government if he will make a statement about the number and nature of the objections which he has received to the road proposals in the Greater London...
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government if he will take steps to secure a reduction in the existing rates of mortgage interest.
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government how many cases of hardship arising from the Land Commission's activities have been brought to his notice since 15th April, 1969.
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government what information has been submitted to him about the local and structure plans for the Broomhall area of Sheffield, the conservation area, and...
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government what steps he will now take to co-ordinate local plans and structure plans in the intermediate areas with proposals for industrial development.
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government by how much he estimates acquisitions by the Land Commission of building land in areas of high demand will reduce its price during 1969 and...
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government if he will now make a statement on the progress of his studies of the proposals for compensation for compulsory purchase submitted to him by the...
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government why he has issued figures projecting a crude housing surplus by 1973.
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government what plans he has to minimise the delays caused to local authority house-building schemes by the housing cost yardstick.
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government whether he will take steps to assist new town development corporations to provide essential chemist services in new estates by means of a...
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government what is his policy with regard to the resolving of disputes between the Land Commission and local authorities.
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government to what extent the number of housing completions for 1969 and 1970 now planned necessitates revision of the estimated overall housing surplus by...
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government whether he will now make a statement on his policy regarding the report of the working party set up to formulate a manual of principles for...
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Govern- ment how many houses were under construction at the end of the last month for which figures are available; and what he estimates this figure will...
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government whether he proposes that the restriction on local authority spending will continue after this year; and for how long.
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government what representations he has received with regard to the present difficulties in the system building industry; and what reply he has sent.
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government what has been the effect on local authority house building schemes of the fact that flats are empty, and of the costs arising from the...
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government whether he will now outline the Government's policy on the Report of the Working Party on Housing Revenue Accounts.
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government whether he will estimate the number of local authorities which have stopped building council houses.
asked the Secretary of State for Local Government and Regional Planning (1) whether, in the implementation of the proposals of the Redcliffe-Maud Report, he will make special provisions for...
asked the Prime Minister what recent consultations he has had with the Trades Union Congress with regard to increasing exports.
asked the Prime Minister if he will set up an interdepartmental inquiry into the first six months' operation of the Trades Union Congress's solemn and binding undertaking regarding the settlement...
asked the Prime Minister if he will now invite the Italian Prime Minister to make an official visit to Great Britain.
asked the Prime Minister what steps he is taking to improve the co-ordination between Departments dealing with the pay demands of lower-paid workers within their direct responsibility.
asked the Prime Minister if, in his forthcoming meeting with President Nixon, he will discuss co-operation between the British and the United States Governments with a view to the introduction...
asked the Prime Minister if he will recommend the appointment of a Royal Commission to undertake the review of broadcasting and television.
I wish to pursue the point of order that I made, with reluctance, during Question Time. The Prime Minister answered Questions Nos. Q1 and Q3 together. They are two different Questions and the...
With your permission, Mr. Speaker, and that of the House, I wish to make a statement about the proceedings on Greece in the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe on 12th December. In...
Mr. Secretary Crossman, supported by the Prime Minister, Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mrs. Secretary Castle, Mr. Secretary Ross, Mr. Secretary Thomas, Mr. John Diamond, Mr. David Ennals, Mr....
3.51 p.m.
Bill to make, in place of certain statutory provisions relating to Sunday observance and the playing of games, provision, in relation to Sunday, for preventing, in the case of certain spectacles...
Before the debate starts I should like to inform the House that I have not selected the Amendment in the names of the hon. Member for Walthamstow, East (Mr. Michael McNair-Wilson) and his right...
11.45 p.m.
12.35 a.m.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Hamling.]
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