Monday, 11 December 1972
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Ordered,
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he will make a statement on the outcome of his recent official talks with the Spanish Government.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement about the Solomon Islands Government's Special Select Committee on Constitutional Development and the...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if Her Majesty's Government will press for the appointment of a United Nations Commissioner for Human Rights.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he will give an assurance that a notice issued by the Rhodesian régime declaring a British citizen to be a...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he will open talks with other European Governments to discuss new ways of combating and preventing international terrorism.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a further statement on steps he is taking to protect the property and ensure the safety and freedom from...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many Ugandans, expelled by General Amin, he estimates have been taken in by Canada, Australia and New Zealand, respectively,...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the talks he has had since 21st November with Ministers in the Australian, Canadian and New...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what new initiatives he proposes to take in connection with the situation in the Middle East.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he will make a statement on the Helsinki conference.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the latest round of discussions between Great Britain, the Argentine and the Falkland Islands in...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will raise at the Human Rights Commission of the United Nations the treatment of the Australian aborigines.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he will make a statement on the policy of Her Majesty's Government at the United Nations towards resolutions and...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what evidence is available to Her Majesty's Government as a result of discussions in the United Nations that any national...
Mr. Edward Taylor: asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much compensation has now been paid by the Indonesian Government to compensate British firms and...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs why the United Kingdom abstained from voting on the resolution of the Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he will make a statement on the Under-Secretary's visit to Fiji.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will give the latest figures of Government aid to Bangladesh.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he will make a statement clarifying the policy of Her Majesty's Government towards the rôle of official aid in...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what plans he has for further African resettlement schemes in Kenya and for the purchase of the remaining small European-owned...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether consideration can now be given to the relief of the burden of debt incurred by Commonwealth countries in respect of past...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has had with the French Government about the co-ordination of aid programmes to African countries,...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what proposals he now intends to make to the Governments of member countries concerning methods of election to European Community...
With permission, Mr. Speaker, I will make a statement about the coal industry. There is real uncertainty about future prices of fuels and an increasing awareness throughout the world of the...
On a point of order. I approached you this morning, Mr. Speaker, to ascertain whether I could raise this matter this afternoon. I have now attempted to put down four Private Notice Questions on...
I now propose to rule on the question of privilege. As hon. Members know, on Friday last the hon. Member for Birmingham, Northfield (Mr. Carter), raised as a matter of privilege the question of a...
Mr. Secretary Walker, supported by Mr. Secretary Campbell, Mr. Secretary Peter Thomas, Mr. Secretary Macmillan, Mr. Christopher Chataway, Mr. Tom Boardman, Mr. Patrick Jenkin and Mr. Peter Emery,...
Ordered,That, this day, notwithstanding anything in Standing Order No. 3 (Exempted business), Mr. Speaker shall put any Question necessary to dispose of Proceedings on the motion relating to...
Considered in Committee; reported, without Amendment.
4.2 p.m.
Order for Second Reading read.
Queen's Recommendation having been signified—
Ordered,That the Committee of Privileges do consist of Seventeen Members.And the Committee was nominated of Mr. Attorney General, Mr. Deedes, Mr. Hugh Fraser, Mr. Patrick Gordon Walker, Mr....
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.— [Mr. Jopling.]
11.11 p.m.
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