Monday, 20 March 1972
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
For Merthyr Tydvil, in the room of Stephen Owen Davies, Esquire, deceased.—[Mr. Mellish.]
asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he will cause an investigation to be made to ascertain how and in what way Mr. Roland Cribben, the business correspondent of the Daily...
asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he will call a round table conference of all concerned to discuss the rational, economic and safe development of comprehensive airport...
asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will make a statement on the progress made towards full production in the mining industry following the recent strike.
asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will make a further statement on Government aid to the shipbuilding industry.
asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will take further steps to regulate package tours to obtain higher standards of safety and comfort for the holiday-makers concerned.
asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what plans he has, in order to relieve coal miners of dirty, dangerous and difficult work, to expand and accelerate the conversion of presently...
Mr. R. C. Mitchell: asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what Government financial assistance is at present given to the hovercraft industry; and if he will make a statement on...
asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what progress he is undertaking with his comprehensive review of the nation's energy policy to meet future demand with co-ordinated economic...
asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will publish the Report of the Central Policy Review Staff on Regional Policy as a Green Paper.
asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what has been the average annual increase percentage in the number of overseas visitors to Great Britain during the last five years for which...
asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he is aware that the British Domestic Appliances Limited factory at Swinton, Mexborough, has decided to make 600 employees redundant, thus...
asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what was the level of seasonally-adjusted investment by manufacturing industries in the third quarter of 1971 as compared with the second...
asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what was the number of cars produced by United Kingdom manufacturers in 1971 as against 1970; and whether he will make a statement.
asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what was the rise in net new orders in the engineering industries in the third quarter of 1971 as compared with the average of the first half...
asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he is satisfied with the application of the Confederation of British Industry's prices ceiling to the nationalised industries; and if...
asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry to what extent the proximity of the Channel Tunnel was taken into account when Foulness was chosen as the site of the proposed new airport to...
asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what progress has been made, with the assistance of his Department, in obtaining international acceptance of the Mondo Point system of shoe sizing.
asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what action he intends to take to protect British firms wishing to export to Council for Mutual Economic Assistance countries from interference...
asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will vary the criteria for industrial development certificates when such applications are for the manufacture of candles.
asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many Government advance factories are at present unoccupied in Scotland; and how many of that number have, respectively, never been...
asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will now make a statement on the inquiry into the use of police dogs during an industrial dispute at London Airport.
asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he is satisfied with the present level of activity in the machine tool industry; and if he will make a statement.
asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he is yet in a position to announce the outcome of the steel industry review.
asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he will introduce legislation to regulate the disposal of stores of confidential information from bankrupt companies.
I beg to ask 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 have urgent consideration, namely,...
Motion made, and Question proposed. That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Harold Wilson.]
Order for Second Reading read.
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Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Gray.]
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