Wednesday, 8 April 1970
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Considered; to be read the Third time.
asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement outlining the extent to which the manufacturers of military aircraft are free to disclose information about those aircraft to...
asked the Secretary of State for Defence to what extent the Government keep under review plans for reintroducing conscription.
asked the Secretary of State for Defence (1) when he will publish a new pensions warrant for Service personnel following the increased pay scales for serving officers and men; (2) what are his...
asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he is aware that the shortfall of trained strength below requirement, at 1st April, 1969, was for the Royal Navy and Royal Marines, 1,600, the Army,...
asked the Secretary of State for Defence what is the present Gurkha establishment, its present strength, and on what date it is proposed to reduce it to 6,000; and, having regard to the...
asked the Secretary of State for Defence what action he is taking to bring the pay of British forces in the United Nations force in Cyprus more into line with that of other foreign contingents.
asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a further statement on recruitment for the Ulster Defence Regiment and the disbanding of the Ulster B Specials.
asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the number of troops at present stationed in Northern Ireland, indicating their main duties in internal security operations.
asked the Secretary of State for Defence when he next proposes to attend a meeting of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation Defence Ministers.
asked the Secretary of State for Defence whether Greek military officers accredited to the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation have the same access to classified information from British sources...
asked the Secretary of State for Defence what proposals he has for an international agreement on the integration of the British and French nuclear forces within the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation.
asked the Secretary of State for Defence whether he proposes to continue to obtain the total enriched uranium requirement for Great Britain's nuclear armament from gas diffusion plant.
asked the Secretary of State for Defence how much of the foreign exchange costs shown as £61 million gross in Annex H of Command Paper No. 4290 in respect of the Far East is attributable to...
asked the Secretary of State for Defence what sums have been allocated in each of the next five financial years for the payment of interest and repayment of the loans made by the United States of...
asked the Secretary of State for Defence whether he will make a statement on the resumption of productivity talks in Portsmouth Dockyard.
asked the Secretary of State for Defence what was the total value of work put out to private contractors by Portsmouth Dockyard in the last financial year.
asked the Secretary of State for Defence how many white ensign ships and Royal Fleet Auxiliaries are now east of Suez; and what is the total cost to the Defence Estimates.
asked the Secretary of State for Defence what was the total cost of moving the Royal Supply School from H.M.S. "Ceres" at Weatherby to H.M.S. "Pembroke" in 1959; and what is the estimated cost of...
asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he is satisfied that adequate arrangements exist for the defence of British Honduras; and if he will make a statement.
asked the Secretary of State for Defence how many of the 11,000 boys, aged between 15 and 18 years, who joined the Armed Forces last year left within the permitted preliminary period; and if he...
asked the Secretary of State for Defence what proposals he now has for the use of the aircraft carriers "Hermes" and "Ark Royal".
asked the Secretary of State for Defence on what basis hon. Members are selected by his Department to visit British Forces overseas; and what steps are taken to ensure that all such Members are...
asked the Secretary of State for Defence if, following the official proposals of the United States Secretary of State on 17th March regarding United States troop withdrawals from Europe in 1971,...
asked the Secretary of State for Defence whether it remains the policy of Her Majesty's Government that Great Britain will never be the first to use a nuclear weapon.
Mr. Edward M. Taylor: asked the Secretary of State for Defence what was the total expenditure of his Department in the United Kingdom in 1969; and what percentage of this total was spent in...
asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he is satisfied that adequate measures are taken to ensure that details of sophisticated British military equipment like the Chieftain tanks, are not...
asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will order an independent inquiry into the circumstances in which an Air Training Corps cadet, particulars of which have been sent him, was injured...
asked the Secretary of State for Defence how many British troops will train in Malaysia according to his present plans; and what will be the estimated cost of that training.
asked the Secretary of State for Defence what items of British military equipment are being purchased by the Federal Government of Germany in order to offset the foreign currency costs of 6...
asked the Secretary of State for Defence why in certain cases the Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve is unable to issue uniforms to new recruits.
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, how many people are now working in agriculture.
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what has been the increase in food prices on a percentage basis each year for the last six years.
asked the President of the Board of Trade what further progress has been made in plans for improving terminal facilities at Turnhouse Airport, Edinburgh.
asked the President of the Board of Trade what consideration he has given to providing for the safety of passengers in aircraft which are airborne at the time when lightning strikes are...
On a point of order. I apologise for not notifying you earlier Mr. Speaker, that I intended to raise this point of order. On a number of occasions during Question Time today Ministers have used...
3.35 p.m.
Bill to provide for the better government of Scotland, presented accordingly, and read the First time; to be read a Second time upon Friday, 19th June and to be printed. [Bill 137.]
Order for Second Reading read.
Queen's Recommendation having been signified—
Ordered,That the Report [7th April] from the Business Committee be now considered.—[Mr. Mulley.]
10.17 p.m.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Ernest G. Perry.]
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