Monday, 26 November 1973
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
asked the Minister of Posts and Telecommunications how many unfilled vacancies exist at present in the postal delivery service
asked the Minister of Posts and Telecommunications if he will issue a general direction to the Post Office to reinstitute a loop in telephone handsets to enable the use of the new behind-the-ear...
asked the Minister of Posts and Telecommunications what percentage of second-class letters are now delivered within two days of posting.
asked the Minister of Posts and Telecommunications if he will list the occasions on which he has exercised his powers under Section 13(3) of the BBC Licence and Agreement.
asked the Minister of Posts and Telecommunications if he will introduce legislation to repeal the Sound Broadcasting Act
asked the Minister of Posts and Telecommunications whether he will now announce the termination of the local cable experiments.
asked the Minister of Posts and Telecommunications what change there has been in the average time taken to deliver inland telegrams over the past three years.
asked the Minister of Posts and Telecommunications whether he will give a general direction to the Post Office not to publish and/or sell details of individual postal codes until he has...
asked the Minister of Posts and Telecommunications if he will seek powers to exempt retirement pensioners from the payment of a television licence fee.
asked the Minister for Posts and Telecommunications if he will issue a general direction to the Post Office not to engage in competition with the private sector of the telecommunications industry...
asked the Minister of Posts and Telecommunications whether he will report progress on the construction of television booster stations for 625-line reception in Derbyshire.
asked the Minister of Posts and Telecommunications if he will take steps to make refunds available relative to the unexpired portion of a television licence when a colour licence is converted to...
asked the Minister of Posts and Telecommunications if he will publish a White Paper on national telecommunications policy.
asked the Minister of Posts and Telecomunications whether he is satisfied with the present state of radio reception in North Northumberland, particularly in respect to local news and weather...
asked the Minister of Posts and Telecommunications if he will advise the dismissal of the Chairman of the BBC.
asked the Minister of Posts and Telecommunications what consideration has now been given to removing the present television licensing system and introducing a new method of financing television.
asked the Minister of Posts and Telecommunications if Sir Stewart Crawford will be taking evidence in Norfolk on the problems of rural broadcasting ; and if he will make a statement.
asked the Minister for the Civil Service what reply he has given to the latest approaches about pay and conditions and the operation of the Pay Research Unit from the Civil Service unions.
asked the Minister for the Civil Service on how many occasions the Central Office of Information or other Government Departments were provided with free advertising time on the BBC and IBA during...
asked the Minister for the Civil Service if he will make a statement on the latest position of the Hardman Report as far as it effects Glasgow and West-Central Scotland.
asked the Minister for the Civil Service what steps are being taken to conserve petrol and heating oil by Ministers and the Civil Service.
asked the Minister for the Civil Service to what extent the measures to be taken to mitigate the effects of stages 1 and 2 of the incomes policy on the pension of civil servants retiring after...
asked the Lord President of the Council what pro gress has been made on the inter-party talks on the establishment of a register of the outside financial interests of Members of Parliament.
asked the Lord President of the Council if he will propose discussions through the usual channels about reforming the sitting hours of the House of Commons.
asked the Lord President of the Council if consideration of the recommendations contained in the Ross Committee's report have been concluded ; and if he will make a statement.
asked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list in the OFFICIAL REPORT the derelict land reclamation schemes in Monmouthshire for which tenders have been accepted by local authorities and...
asked the Secretary of State for Wales when work will commence on the road span on the Britannia Bridge over the Menai Straits.
Mr. Healey (by Private Notice) asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on his weekend meeting with the Finance Ministers of the United States of America, France, Germany...
May I raise a point of order of which I have given you notice, Mr. Speaker? It arises from a Written Answer given on Friday. I ask leave, to make my point, to read the Question and Answer. I...
Secretary Sir Alec Douglas-Home, supported by Mr. John Davies, Mr. Godber, Mr. Julian Amery, Lord Balniel, and Mr. Anthony Royle presented a Bill to provide for the continued application to the...
Order for Second Reading read.
Queen's Recommendation having been signified—
10.0 p.m.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. David Walder.]
11.1 p.m.
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