Mr Thomas Steele: Is this an "Irish" 10 years, because nine years ago I received a letter from the Secretary of State for Scotland indicating that there would be a dual carriageway from Uddingston to the English Border in 10 years' time? The most difficult parts of this road have not yet been completed, and there is only one year to go.
Mr Thomas Steele: asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many miles of motorway have been completed in Scotland.
Mr Thomas Steele: Earlier on the right hon. Gentleman was complimenting himself on putting forward building regulations quicker than his colleague in England and Wales. It is all right for him to compliment himself on that, but is he aware that 300 miles of motorway have been completed in England and Wales? Why is it that there is such a great delay in Scotland?
Mr Thomas Steele: Am I to understand that the hon. Member for Shipley (Mr. Hirst) got into this difficulty at the secret meetings upstairs
Mr Thomas Steele: I think that my hon. Friend forgets the Housewives' League, which disappeared only in 1951 and will probably come back again.
Mr Thomas Steele: It seems to me that both sides of the Committee generally are now coming to the conclusion which the right hon. and learned Member for Chertsey (Sir L. Heald) came to in the course of his speech, namely that while they are not agreeing in substance with the Amendment, because they object to its form, or its words or because it does this or that, they are agreeing that there is some point to...
Mr Thomas Steele: On a point of order, Sir William. The hon. Gentleman has made a point here, but surely we have been here all day, the Chamber is full, and hon. Members are seized of the arguments. We have had the discussion on all these Amendments. Surely it would be for the convenience of the Committee not to take the discussions on the other matters but to take the votes on the Amendments which we have...
Mr Thomas Steele: How is it possible to fill a pipeline with chips when it is already choked with jobs?
Mr Thomas Steele: asked the Secretary of State for Scotland when he expects work to start on the new Hermitage Academy at Helensburgh.
Mr Thomas Steele: With regard to what the hon. Lady has said about high tender prices, is she aware that the lowest tender which came in was 18s. 3d. per sq. ft. higher than the permissible amount to which the Department has agreed? Does this mean that if the local authority is to ensure savings to get it down to the amount which the Department says it should come down to, Helensburgh, which has waited so long...
Mr Thomas Steele: asked the Secretary of State for Scotland which authorities employ road safety officers; and how many are employed full time on this work in his Department.
Mr Thomas Steele: Is the hon. Gentleman aware that there has been an increase of only one road safety officer in the local authorities, and that is at West Lothian, since 1962? Will not the hon. Gentleman agree that his Department ought to have some officers employed full time on road safety work, in the same way is the Ministry of Transport has which would encourage the local authorities to do this as well?...
Mr Thomas Steele: I have had the same kind of answer for the last six or seven years, but surely when deaths continue to increase and accidents to children continue to increase we ought to have more full-time officers employed on this job.
Mr Thomas Steele: asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what was the average price per gallon of milk paid to producers in 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, and 1963, respectively; and what were the agreed distributors' margins for the same years.
Mr Thomas Steele: Do not the right hon. Gentleman's figures show that the situation with regard to producers has remained almost the same over the past five years but that the average price paid to distributors has gone up every year? Why has he a policy which means, in effect, that increased costs are taken into' account with regard to the distributor's margin but nothing is done for the producer?
Mr Thomas Steele: We are grateful to the hon. and gallant Gentleman the Member for Chelsea (Captain Litchfield). His speech was in two parts. First of all, it was a reminiscence and, secondly, he was inclined to lecture us to some extent. His reminiscent part was also divided into two sections, the first being rather romantic and the second being realistic. He was romantic in the first part when dealing with...
Mr Thomas Steele: Am I to understand that Hastings will now share in the greater expansion of the hon. Gentleman's Ministry and that more orders will come from Hastings?
Mr Thomas Steele: When the Minister publishes these figures, will he indicate the average earnings in various parts of the United Kingdom as a whole?
Mr Thomas Steele: Is the Prime Minister aware that the Scottish Grand Committee has been getting on very well without a Law Officer and that the experience the Committee has had with previous Law Officers provided from among hon. Members opposite tends only to add to the confusion?
Mr Thomas Steele: asked the Secretary of State for Scotland when the new simplified maternity fee claim form for general practitioners will be introduced.
