Thursday, 27 January 1972
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the cost of the survey into drug-taking carried out for his Department by Market Advertising and Products Study Limited; and if he...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what financial expenditure he is proposing on the accommodation at Wandsworth Prison for bachelor prison officers.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if, in view of the increase in the number of fires in London caused by arson, he will initiate special action to combat arson and, in this...
Mr. R. C. Mitchell: asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what consultations he has had regarding the future administration of magistrates' courts; and if he will make a statement.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he is satisfied with the procedures whereby information is conveyed to the Press by the Metropolitan Police relating to persons voluntarily...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the number of persons placed on suspended sentence and probation, respectively, over the last comparable period.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will instruct the Commissioner for the Metropolitan Police not to impose large-scale street closures and traffic diversions on weekdays.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he is now in a position to announce the results of his review of civil defence.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Deparement how many letters he received in December, 1971, from women concerning their failure to receive alimony granted to them by court order.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he next expects to visit Northern Ireland.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will set up an inquiry into relations between the police and the black community in Notting Hill.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will ensure that the Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis reconsiders the request of the Inner London Education Authority for a...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what progress has been made in the selling of the State-owned public houses in the Carlisle State Management District.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the progress of the inquiry set up by his Department into certain aspects of shoplifting.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what conclusions he has now reached regarding the need for restrictions on the sale of electoral registers.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he can now indicate what programme he has in mind with regard to the designation of buildings under the Fire Precautions Act; whether he...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many young persons between the ages of 18 and 21 years were prosecuted for drug offences in the period 1st January, 1970, to 31st...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proposals he has received to improve the financial viability of the Totalisator; and whether he will make a statement.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the number of deportations recommended by the courts in each of the past five years; and how many of these were cancelled by him.
asked the Prime Minister when he next expects to have an official meeting with Mrs. Gandhi.
asked the Prime Minister if he is satisfied with the coordination between the Civil Service Department and the Treasury, the Department of Employment, the Department of Trade and Industry and the...
asked the Prime Minister if he will make a statement on his recent official meeting with President Nixon.
asked the Prime Minister if he will make an official visit to Derby.
asked the Prime Minister if he will make a statement on his recent discussions and correspondence with the Scottish Council on the need for new initiatives in regional economic policy.
asked the Prime Minister when he next intends to meet the Prime Minister of the Republic of South Africa.
On a point of order. May I refer to a matter arising out of the Answer given by the Home Secretary today to Question No. 18, put to him by the hon. Member for Hackney, Central (Mr. Clinton...
On a point of order. May I raise a matter of general and particular importance? This morning Standing Committee H commenced discussion of the Agricultural (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill when the...
May I ask the Leader of the House to state the business for next week and, so far as he can, the future business of the House?
Order for Second Reading read.
Queen's Recommendation having been signified—
7.52 p.m.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Fortescue.]
8.45 p.m.
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