Tuesday, 19 December 1972
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
With your permission, Mr. Speaker, and that of the House, I beg to present a petition from the electors of West Dorset. It is signed by 20 electors. The petition contends that the electorate is...
With your leave, Mr. Speaker, and that of the House, I beg to present a petition from the fishermen of Portsmouth, Selsey, Bognor and other neighbouring places on the South Coast. The petition...
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is the latest percentage increase in the price of food since June 1970.
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what part his Department is playing in preparations for the international Law of the Sea conference.
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will make a statement on his latest discussions with the National Farmers' Union on the level of agricultural wages.
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will make a statement on the future of the lime subsidy after July 1974.
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is the current trend of home-grown beef output.
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what communication his Department has received from the Town Clerk of Manchester with regard to the export of live animals for slaughter; and...
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will institute an inquiry into the practice of factory farming with a view to ascertaining the amount of cruelty to animals involved,...
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will seek powers to oblige local authorities to forbid the siting of skin and bone processing premises adjacent to, or within, cattle...
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what steps Her Majesty's Government will take after 1st January 1973 to prevent the subsidised exports of Common Market surplus butter...
Mr. Fell asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food by how much, expressed as a percentage, agricultural output has increased since 1970.:
asked the Prime Minister if he will place in the Library a copy of his public speech on Government policies to the North-West London Conservatives made on 30th November.
asked the Prime Minister if he will seek to arrange an official meeting with Mr. Whitlam, the Prime Minister of Australia.
asked the Prime Minister what recent discussions he has had with Sir Desmond Plummer on matters relating to Government policies.
With permission, I should like to make a statement about the question of civil liability and compensation for personal injury. The Government have been considering proposals made from time to...
3.47 p.m.
Secretary Sir Keith Joseph, supported by Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Secretary Whitelaw, Mr. Secretary Campbell, Mr. Secretary Peter Thomas, Mr. Michael Alison and Mr. Paul Dean,...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Pym.]
Ordered,That at this day's Sitting the Motion relating to European Parliament may be proceeded with, though opposed, until Twelve o'clock.—[Mr. Hawkins.]
10.1 p.m.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Jopling.]
12 midnight
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