Wednesday, 30 January 1974
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
The House being met, the Clerk at the Table informed the House of the unavoidable absence, through illness, of Mr. SPEAKER from this day's sitting.
Order for Second Reading read.
Order for Second Reading read.
Order for Second Reading read.
Order for Second Reading read.
Order for Second Reading read.
Order for Second Reading read.
Read a Second time and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills.
Order for Second Reading read.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what items he hopes to place on the agenda for the next meeting of the Council of Ministers of the EEC.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will refuse accreditation to General Shazly as Egyptian ambassador.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make representations to the Government of Libya with a view to the cessation of that country's aid to the IRA.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what proposals he has advanced as Her Majesty's Government's contribution to the work of the Geneva peace conference.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what further consultations he has had with the Syrian authorities regarding their failure to comply with the Geneva Convention by...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what further discussions he plans to hold in the EEC Council of Ministers about regional policy.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he has made to the United States Government about the imposition of sanctions on chrome from Rhodesia.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he has yet studied the report of the Committee of Nine presented to the 19th Session of the North Atlantic Assembly held in...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will raise the issue of political union at the next EEC Council meeting.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the international discussions resumed in Vienna on 17th January on force reductions and on...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he has made any arrangements for a further meeting with the Spanish Foreign Secretary to discuss the future of Gibraltar.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on relations between Her Majesty's Government and Egypt.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Comonwealth Affairs what recent request for recognition he has received from the so-called "Republic of Guinea Bissau".
Mr. R. C. Mitchell: asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many British citizens are at present in custody awaiting trial in Spain.
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he expects to reach an agreement with the French Government on the demarcation line in the English Channel for oil...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he has made to the international aid con sortia with a view to counteracting the limitations on the scope of...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many experts in telecommunications have been supplied to developing countries in the last year; what support has been given...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what changes he is making in the United Kingdom aid programme following the recent increases in the price of oil which came into...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth affairs what proportion of British aid to Bangladesh during 1974 will be in the form of commodity aid.
The following Question stood upon the Order Paper:
Mr. Roy Jenkins (by Private Notice) asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will make a statement about the circumstances in which a prisoner has been artificially fed for...
3.39 p.m.
I beg to ask leave, Mr. Deputy Speaker, to move the Adjournment of the House, under Standing Order No. 9 for the purpose of discussing a specific and important matter——
Order for Second Reading read.
Queen's Recommendation having been signified—
As amended (in the Standing Comittee), considered.
Ordered, That the Unit Pricing Bill may be proceeded with at this day's Sitting, though opposed, until any hour.—[Mr. Hicks.]
There are no amendments for consideration.
Ordered, That Dr. Gerard Vaughan be discharged from the Select Committee on the Channel Tunnel Bill and that Mr. J. R. Kinsey be added to the Committee.—[Mr. Hicks.]
Ordered, That Dr. Gerard Vaughan be discharged from the Expenditure Committee and that Mr. Robert Boscawen be added to the Committee.—[Mr. Hicks.]
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Hicks.]
10.25 p.m.
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