Mr George Isaacs: None at all.
Mr George Isaacs: They told us 1954.
Mr George Isaacs: There is no complaint about smoke.
Mr George Isaacs: I should like to thank the Parliamentary Secretary for that little ray of hope, and for staying here tonight to help us in this matter.
Mr George Isaacs: Will the parking meters operate only during hours of daylight or will it be possible to park against them all night?
Mr George Isaacs: All night outside somebody's house?
Mr George Isaacs: asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government if he is aware of the increase in the nuisance caused by soot and dirt deposits from the Bankside old Power Station in Southwark, which this winter has increased by approximately 50 per cent. over the corresponding period of the previous 12 months; that the recording instruments used by the Southwark Borough Council show that in the latest...
Mr George Isaacs: Is the Minister aware that the figures given by the borough council are official figures, recorded by it? Is he also aware that we are suffering a nuisance not only in the winter months but in the summer months, because in July of last year the deposit weighed 62 tons and in July of this year 67 tons? In view of the talk about nuclear energy, cannot we have some new clear atmosphere?
Mr George Isaacs: I thank the Minister for taking that step. So that he may be fully in possession of all the information which we possess, I shall take an early opportunity of raising the matter on the Adjournment.
Mr George Isaacs: Is this not a retrograde step? Are we boggling at the cost of giving some humane treatment to these men, when at the time the Act was passed during the war it was understood that it was going to cost money but that it was obviously a gain to the welfare of the men, in making them self-reliant, and a satisfaction to their families? Is the argument now that we cannot afford to do this?
Mr George Isaacs: Can the Chairman of the Kitchen Committee state that the staff are properly and adequately remunerated for the time they spend serving at these parties on Friday and Saturday evenings?
Mr George Isaacs: Is there not a risk that, if these civil servants were to work around the Elephant and Castle, they might go into the Elephant and Castle and get "elephant's trunk"?
Mr George Isaacs: Can the right hon. Gentleman tell the House what the actual weekly charge is now?
Mr George Isaacs: Is that for board and lodging?
Mr George Isaacs: In carrying forward this scheme, will the right hon. and learned Gentleman take care that there is adequate consultation with the joint industrial councils as well as with the established organisations on both sides of industry, and especially that contact is made with joint works committees of different kinds throughout the country, as this is the best means of getting co-operation?
Mr George Isaacs: I wish to put one or two points to the Minister and to begin by joining in the praise which has been expressed for the drafting of this Code. Some time ago, when I saw the original draft, I put a Question to the Parliamentary Secretary, and I think he will remember that I said I thought it was a great improvement on the old one. In my opinion, it would be wise if magistrates who have to deal...
Mr George Isaacs: It would be better to leave the horse in the stable.
Mr George Isaacs: Does the hon. Gentleman agree that a good deal of the improvement is due to the fact that the trade unions have encouraged their members to develop human relations in industry?
Mr George Isaacs: Is the Minister satisfied that some of these people who go abroad do not stop abroad until just after the age of 26 and then come back having avoided National Service altogether? Should not some attention be given to catching those people who go abroad in order to dodge Service?
Mr George Isaacs: We have heard what the Minister has had to say, and as all parties concerned with this Bill are anxious that we should get it today, we do not think that it is necessary to make long speeches, although we could, of course, go over the old ground again. The operatives are not satisfied that this provision is necessary, and that the technical efficiency of the industry today cannot give them...
