Mr George Chetwynd: I want to follow some of the points made by my right hon. Friend the Member for Vauxhall (Mr. Strauss) and, in particular, to draw attention to the very different approach of the Government in their relations with private industry and private enterprise, on the one hand, and public enterprise and State corporations, on the other. All through the actions of the Government—and especially in...
Mr George Chetwynd: I think that I am in order in saying that the same Government use a different standard of judgment in one case and another. In one case, we have the Government giving money to private enterprise to compete, by means of another body, against public corporations. That was clearly shown by my right hon. Friend the Member for Vauxhall and I was just following it up to show that any diversion of...
Mr George Chetwynd: Unamended.
Mr George Chetwynd: Did the right hon. Gentleman know at that time that Cunard was going into the air business in a big way?
Mr George Chetwynd: asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many bookmakers' licences and betting office permits had been granted at 1st May, 1961.
Mr George Chetwynd: Has not the right hon. Gentleman called for a return of these figures and can he say when the evidence will be available? Can he also explain how it is that the Secretary of State for Scotland is already able to give these figures while we are lagging behind? Can he say what is the impact on the general pattern of betting?
Mr George Chetwynd: asked the Minister of Transport what decision has been made to improve road safety on the unrestricted stretch of the Durham Road at Stockton-on-Tees.
Mr George Chetwynd: Is the hon. Gentleman aware that this decision will give great satisfaction to many people living in this area? Would he bear in mind the need possibly for another roundabout halfway down the stretch of the road?
Mr George Chetwynd: Has the right hon. Gentleman made a policy decision not to go ahead with this, or is he dissatisfied with the design he has in hand?
Mr George Chetwynd: Fridays and Saturdays?
Mr George Chetwynd: Will the right hon. Gentleman consider making these payments retrospective? Why is it that one private soldier gets only 3d. a day while another gets 2s.? Is it discrimination against National Service men who are already hard-up?
Mr George Chetwynd: Can the hon. Gentleman say whether work is falling behind schedule, as has been reported?
Mr George Chetwynd: Will the right hon. Gentleman make it clear to the German Government that we are not prepared to go on waiting for ever for their decision, and that unless we get a satisfactory answer soon we shall be prepared to go ahead with the French ourselves?
Mr George Chetwynd: asked the Minister of Aviation what progress is being made with the development and production of the Blue Steel missile.
Mr George Chetwynd: Can the Minister say whether the production plans for this missile are up to time and whether the cost of the missile is now skyrocketing? Can he also say whether production is being held up by the American intervention in N.A.T.O. which is depriving us of a market for these missiles?
Mr George Chetwynd: Is the right hon. Gentleman aware that the original plans were based upon finding an extra market for these weapons in N.A.T.O. and that this is now being frustrated, and is this not bound to have a serious effect upon home production?
Mr George Chetwynd: May I put again the supplementary question that I asked on an earlier Question, namely, whether the Minister will let the German Government know that we are not prepared to wait for ever for them and that if they are not prepared to come in with us soon we shall go ahead with the French ourselves?
Mr George Chetwynd: asked the Minister of Health whether it is possible to convert single-seater all-weather propelled tricycles, other than petrol-powered tricycles, to enable an additional person to be carried.
Mr George Chetwynd: As it is quite impossible to convert these invalid carriages, will the right hon. Gentleman undertake to give disabled people who are not war-disabled the same kind of car which is given to war-disabled people to enable them to have company when they go out on journeys on their vehicles?
Mr George Chetwynd: Are we not entitled to know as much as is reasonably satisfactory having regard to security? Can the Minister say whether the aeroplanes themselves are available to take these missiles?
