Monday, 31 January 1972
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
asked the Secretary of State for Wales what consultations he has had with the Monsanto Europe Company about its decision to declare redundant one-fifth of the labour force at the Company's Ruabon...
asked the Secretary of State for Wales whether Her Majesty's Government have now come to a decision about the projected reclamation of the Dee Estuary.
asked the Secretary of State for Wales what plans he has for the expansion of facilities for comprehensive secondary education in the part of Monmouthshire comprising the Bedwellty Constituency...
asked the Secretary of State for Wales whether the recommendations contained in the Interim Report of the Working Party on Children in Hospital in Wales are being acted upon in planning the...
asked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will make a statement on the employment prospects in Wales for 1972.
asked the Secretary of State for Wales when he expects to write his next article in a Welsh newspaper in his official capacity.
asked the Secretary of State for Wales what alternatives were considered by his Department before deciding on the proposals for fair rents in Wales as contained in the Housing Finance Bill.
asked the Secretary of State for Wales to what extent he has examined the financial position created for Welsh local authorities who have special house construction problems.
asked the Secretary of State for Wales what schemes and works will be carried out in the next five years, and at what approximate cost, to deal with problems of pollution by sewage disposal or by...
asked the Secretary of State for Wales what communications he has received about the circumstances in which planning permission was given for the extension of the Portland Cement Company's quarry...
asked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will make a further statement concerning Mid-Wales
asked the Secretary of State for Wales how much additional expenditure on infrastructure schemes in Wales has been allocated for the years 1971–72 and 1972–73; and how many additional...
asked the Secretary of State for Wales what progress is being made by the working party which he set up to examine the problems caused by straying animals, particularly in South Wales.
asked the Secretary of State for Wales what are the results of his review of the unemployment situation in Cwmbran New Town; and whether he will now include Cwmbran New Town within the Welsh...
asked the Secretary of State for Wales how many secondary schools for children aged 11 to 16 years will be functioning in Wales when the school-leaving age is raised.
asked the Secretary of State for Wales what steps he is taking to alleviate the situation in the Wrexham constituency where nearly 400 redundancies were declared from two factories immediately...
asked the Secretary of State for Wales what correspondence he has received from Bedwas and Machen Urban District Council concerning the Housing Finance Bill; and what reply he has sent.
asked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the organisations he has met in Wales since June, 1970, with direct involvement in the unemployment situation.
asked the Secretary of State for Wales what investigations of illegal dumping of poisons on tips in Wales he has undertaken; and what evidence of such practices has come to light.
asked the Secretary of State for Wales to what extent he has estimated the future industrialisation needs of Wales.
asked the Secretary of State for Wales to what extent he will make special arrangements, in cases in- volving the need for long or fairly long periods of treatment in hospital, for patients...
asked the Secretary of State for Wales how many people were killed and injured in road accidents in Flintshire during the year 1971.
asked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will now request the Welsh Council to make a further more detailed and more comprehensive study of the likely effects of Great Britain's entry into...
asked the Secretary of State for Wales how many local authorities in Wales have now supported his proposals to divide Glamorgan into three new counties; and how many local authorities now oppose them.
asked the Secretary of State for Wales what action he is taking to ensure that schools in Wales will remain open, in view of the strike in the coal mining industry.
asked the Attorney-General if he will introduce legislation to control the disciplinary code for solicitors.
asked the Attorney-General whether, in view of the prima facie evidence submitted to him of the self-confession of Mr. Beverley Nichols that on three occasions he attempted to murder his father,...
asked the Attorney-General if he will take steps to ensure that students who suffer loss of vacation earnings as a result of being called for jury service receive appropriate financial compensation.
asked the Attorney-General if he will submit proposals to extend Land Registration to the whole of England and Wales.
asked the Attorney-General if he will institute a review of all proceedings of a forensic character, whether taking place in courts, tribunals, arbitrations or inquiries, where there is at...
asked the Attorney-General if he will introduce legislation to abolish ground rents.
asked the Attorney-General whether, having considered the evidence submitted by the hon. Member for Lambeth, Brixton, he has now decided to institute criminal proceedings against an official of...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on President Bhutto's announcement that Pakistan is withdrawing from the Commonwealth.
With permission, Mr. Speaker, I should like to make a statement. The House will have heard with deep anxiety that a number of people were killed and injured in the course of disturbances in...
With your permission, Mr. Speaker, and that of the House, I wish to make a statement. As the House will be aware, I have been in touch with Mr. Smith about arrangements for Members of Parliament...
On a point of order, Mr. Speaker. I beg to seek leave to move the Adjournment of the House under Standing Order No. 9, for the purpose of discussing a specific and important matter that should...
[10TH ALLOTTED DAY]—Considered
Before I call the right hon. Member for Bristol, South-East (Mr. Benn) to move the Opposition Motion, I should tell the House that I have selected the Amendment in the name of the Prime Minister...
Ordered, That the Motion relating to Industrial Relations may be proceeded with at this day's Sitting, though opposed, until half-past Eleven o'clock.—[The Prime Minister.]
10.25 p.m.
Queen's Recommendation having been signified—
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Hamish Gray.]
11.41 p.m.
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