Tuesday, 18 June 1974
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Read the Third time and passed.
Order for consideration, as amended, read.
I beg to move, That the amendment to Standing Orders relating to Private Business hereinafter stated in the schedule be made:
Standing Orders, page 100, leave out 'Fees to be taken by the Shorthand Writer' and insert:— 'VII. FEES TO BE TAKEN BY THE SHORTHAND WRITER For each day he shall attend— Home...
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if she will take steps to ensure that where a married woman's entitlement to a retirement pension rests on her husband's contribution record, but...
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what would be the estimated cost of enabling men to retire on full pension at 64, 63, 62, 61 and 60 years; and if she will examine the...
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services when she last met the representatives of hospital consultants.
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what has been the aggregate cost to public funds of supplementary benefits paid to those involved in industrial disputes and to their dependants...
Mr. Dixon: asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how long she expects her interim arrangements relating to the use of cars for private purposes by midwives, nurses and health visitors...
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what proposals she has for reviving and extending the work of the Hospital Advisory Service in relation to mental hospitals.
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many representations she has received on the subject of the Social Security Act 1973 since her announcement on the State Reserve Scheme on...
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what research has been undertaken to assess the scale of periodontal disease; and if she is acquainted with current American experience and...
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if she will make a further statement on the progress made by local authorities in identifying the needs and numbers of disabled persons in their...
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether she will make a statement on the progress towards restructuring salary scales in the Bromley Area Health Authority following the...
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if she still expects payment of the new pension rates to commence on 22nd July.
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is her policy with regard to the future of the private practice of medicine by doctors and consultants who also work within the National...
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if she will give the latest figures for the number of applications for attendance allowance which have been accepted and rejected, respectively,...
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what consultations she is having with the TUC on the provision of pensions for those not included in good occupational schemes.
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if she will make a statement on the steps she now intends to take to improve the wages and conditions of nurses and other ancillary staff within...
asked the Prime Minister whether the public speech made by the Secretary of State for Industry to the Parliamentary Press Gallery on 18th May regarding the performance of British industry...
asked the Prime Minister whether he is satisfied with the co-ordination between all Departments concerned in providing information relevant to the renegotiation of the terms of Great Britain's...
asked the Prime Minister whether the public statements by the Secretary of State for Employment on the Independent Television programme "People and Politics" on Thursday 9th May about industrial...
On a point of order, Mr. Speaker. You will have noticed that when my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister answered Question No. Q1 he linked with it Question No. Q10. Subsequently, I rose on a...
In Washington last week I attended the final meeting of the Committee of Twenty of the International Monetary Fund on reform of the international monetary system. At its meeting in Rome in...
Detailed statement of immediate steps to assist the functioning of the international monetary system
Declaration on Trade Measures
A. A member of the Fund that subscribes to this Declaration represents thereby that, in addition to observing its obligations with respect to payments restrictions under the Articles of Agreement...
As the House is aware, the Queen's Speech announced an urgent examination of the future of the coal industry. The aim of this tripartite examination, conducted under my chairmanship jointly with...
Ordered,That the Estimates set out hereunder be referred to the Scottish Grand Committee: Class III, Vote 2,—Agricultural Support (Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for...
4.30 p.m.
Mr. Patrick Cormack accordingly presented a Bill to amend the Cinematograph Acts 1909 and 1952 and, so far as it relates to things done in the course of cinematograph exhibition, section 1 of the...
As amended (in the Standing Committee), considered.
(1) The Companies Act 1967 shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this section.
(1) In such cases as may be prescribed it shall be the duty of a local planning authority (as defined by section 290 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1971 and by section 275 of the Town and...
I beg to move Amendment No. 1, in page 2, line 9, leave out: 'and agricultural health and safety regulations. I understand that with this we are to take a fairly long list of interrelated...
Ordered,That the Health and Safety at Work etc. Bill and the Ministers of the Crown Bill may be proceeded with at this day's Sitting, though opposed, until any hour.—[Mr. Harold Walker.]
Bill, as amended (in the Standing Committee), further considered.
I beg to move Amendment No. 11, in page 2, line 34 after 'such', insert 'information'.
Amendment made: No. 25, in page 4, line 5 at end insert— (3) In such cases as may be prescribed, it shall be the duty of every employer and every self-employed person, in the prescribed...
I beg to move, Amendment No. 28, in page 4, line 22 leave out 'when properly used'. This is essentially a drafting amendment aimed at clarification and simplification. It stems from a point put...
The next amendment is No. 31. I understand that the Government are prepared to accept it.
I beg to move Amendment No. 35, in page 7, line 15, after 'intentionally', insert 'or recklessly'. The purpose of the amendment, I assume, is less contentious than the purpose of earlier...
I beg to move Amendment No. 36, in page 7, line 30, leave out six ' and insert seven'.
Amendments made: No. 41, in page 8, line 16, leave out from 'Part' to end of line 17.
I beg to move Amendment No. 47, in page 10, line 4, after 'Commission', insert 'or the Executive'.
Amendment made: No. 50, in page 11, line 16, leave out from beginning to end of line 18.—[Mr. Harold Walker.]
Amendment made: No. 52, in page 12, line 20, leave out from ' 50' to end of line 24 and insert 'regulations may be made under this section for any of the general purposes of this Part (and...
Amendments made: No. 58, in page 14, line 27, leave out 'any of the relevant statutory provisions not contained in this Part' and insert: 'health and safety regulations or of any of the existing...
I beg to move, Amendment No. 63, in page 16, line 34, after provisions ', insert 'or by regulations under subsection (2) below'.
I beg to move Amendment No. 71, in page 18, line 3, after 'persons', insert 'having suitable qualifications'. Many people have commented that the new health and safety organisation will need...
I beg to move Amendment No. 72, in page 28, line 36, leave out from 'shall' to informed' in line 37, and insert ',in circumstances in which it is necessary to do so for the purpose of assisting...
Amendment made: No. 76, in page 29, line 8, leave out Clause 29.—[Mr. Harold Walker.]
Amendment made: No. 77, in page 29, line 27, leave out Clause 30.—[Mr. Harold Walker.]
Amendment made: No. 78, in page 31, line 1, leave out Clause 31.—[Mr. Harold Walker.]
Amendment made: No. 79, in page 31, line 6, leave out Clause 32.—[Mr. Harold Walker.]
Amendments made: No. 80, in page 31, line 22, leave out from the beginning to 'it' in line 24.
Amendment made: No. 87, in page 36, line 20, leave out from 'by' to end of line 22 and insert 'an inspector, or'.—[Mr. Harold Walker.]
I beg to move Amendment No. 90, in page 37, line 22, leave out subsection (3) and insert: '(3) Where a person is ordered under subsection (1) above to remedy any matters, that person shall not be...
Amendments made: No. 91, in page 38, line 17, leave out 'the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food'.
Amendments made: No. 93, in page 39, line 16, leave out 'agricultural licences and'.
Amendments made: No. 95, in page 44, line 17, leave out from 'the' to 'is' in line 20, and insert `existing statutory provisions'.
Amendments made: No. 100, in page 45, leave out line 30 and insert '(1) Regulations made under this section may'.
Amendments made: No. 105, in page 46, line 19, leave out from beginning to end of line 30 and insert— '(1) Where any power to make regulations under any of the relevant statutory provisions...
Amendment made: No. 108, in page 47, line 38, leave out from beginning to end of line 9 on page 48 and insert: 'by the Secretary of State, the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food or the...
Amendments made: No. 109, in page 48, line 11, leave out from beginning to end of line 42.
I beg to move Amendment No. 116, in page 83, line 46, at end insert— '(d) after subsection (10) there shall be inserted the following subsection—(10A) This Act shall apply to premises...
Amendment made: No. 117, in page 84, line 36, leave out from beginning to end of line 12 on page 85 and insert: 'by the Secretary of State, the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food or the...
Amendment made: No. 118, in page 86, line 16, leave out 'or 30'.—[Mr. Harold Walker.]
I beg to move Amendment No. 119, in page 89, line 7, leave out '(2) to (5)'. This is a small corrective amendment. Section 151(1) of the Quarries Act imposes duties on owners of abandoned mines,...
I beg to move Amendment No. 120, in page 93 line 27, leave out from 'under' to 'under' in line 29 and insert: 'a provision of this Act and of the Customs and Excise Act 1952, the Act'. Again this...
Amendment made: No. 121, in page 96, line 17, leave out Schedule 4.—[Mr. Harold Walker.]
I beg to move amendment No. 122, in page 107, line 16, at end insert— 1A. In section 4 (relaxation of building standards regulations)—(a) for subsection (5) there shall be substituted...
Order for Second Reading read.
Queen's Recommendation having been signified—
I beg to ask leave to present a Petition drawn up by the National Association of Ladies Circles of Great Britain and Ireland, which calls for more thorough investigation into the detection of...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Golding.]
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