Thursday, 3 December 1970
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will call for a report from the Chief Constable on the level of police recruiting in Hampshire.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will make a statement on the level of recruiting and the adequacy of training facilities for the Child Care Service.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what increase he proposes in the provision of after-care services for prisoners on release.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what further steps he will take to control private clubs in London and other major towns and cities.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will set up an inquiry into the operations of laws relating to Sunday entertainments, Sunday trading, shop hours, and the...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will make provision for police officers to receive extra pay for working overtime, at night and on Sundays.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will introduce legislation to amend the Criminal Justice Act to enable committal proceedings to be reported as of right.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he is satisfied as to the working of the Legal Aid Scheme, particularly in relation to criminal cases; and if he will make a statement.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what inquiries he has caused to be made, and by whom, to see that, in accordance with his regulations, all taxi journeys from Heathrow to...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he will announce the allocation of additional funds to local authorities in areas of high immigrant settlement.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will facilitate the naturalisation of longstanding British residents who were formerly displaced persons from Eastern Europe and from...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has for the future of the Community Relations Commission.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will legislate to ensure that students at universities, colleges and polytechnics should be entitled to be registered as voters only in...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what measures he intends to take to reduce overcrowding in prisons.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will introduce legislation to extend to persons charged with assault on a police officer the right to claim trial by a jury.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many minors have been held on remand in premises within the precincts of Wormwood Scrubs in each of the last five years.
Mr. Bob Brown: asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will seek to encourage chief constables to extend the system of foot patrols on the beat in order to arrest the...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the estimated annual cost of paying the loss of earnings allowance for which provision is made in the Justices of the Peace Act, 1968.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will discontinue the employment of Securicor in connection with the supervision of immigrants who are refused entry into this country.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he is satisfied with the working of arrangements for terminal leave from Her Majesty's Prisons; and if he will make a statement.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will make a statement of policy on his Department's study together with the British Broadcasting Corporation and the Independent...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will bring the transport of butane, propane, and similar liquid gases under the scope of the Conveyance by Road Regulations.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether, in view of grave public disquiet concerning the photographing of certain persons by the police immediately outside or within the...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he has received any reports from his Departmental Working Party on the feasibility of using voting machines in both local and general...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he expects to complete his consultations with the London taxicab trade on the recommendations of the Maxwell Stamp Committee, Command...
asked the Prime Minister what number of staff he had in his office on 1st December, 1970; and how this compares with the number on 19th June, 1970.
asked the Prime Minister if he will make an official visit to Wolverhampton.
asked the Prime Minister if he will appoint a retirement pensioner to the central policy review staff in the Cabinet Office.
asked the Prime Minister if it remains the practice of his Administration that all Ministers inform the hon. Member concerned when visiting industrial concerns in a constituency.
asked the Prime Minister if he will make an official visit to Aldabra Atoll in the Indian Ocean.
asked the Prime Minister if he will appoint a Minister with special responsibilities for dealing with likely fuel shortages this winter.
asked the Prime Minister if he will make a statement on his talks with Mr. Emile Van Lennep the Secretary-General of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, in Paris on 12th...
asked the Prime Minister if he will take steps to merge the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food with the Department of Trade and Industry.
On a point of order, Mr. Speaker. The matter I wish to raise concerns the Answer to Question No. 1 to the Prime Minister about statistics relating to the number of Questions which have been...
May I ask the Leader of the House to state the business for next week?
Order for Second Reading read.
[Queen's Recommendation signified]
10.35 p.m.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Hawkins.]
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