Iau, 26 Gorffennaf 1951
The House met at Half past Two o' Clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
The VICE-CHAMBERLAIN OF THE HOUSE-HOLD (Mr. POPPLEWELL) reported His Majesty's Answer to the Address, as follows:
Lords Amendments considered, and agreed to.
Read the Third time, and passed, with Amendments.
Read the Third time, and passed.
I have the honour this afternoon to present a Petition for the restoration of the Airmet weather broadcasting service. This Petition is signed by probably the smallest number of Petitioners of...
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he is now in a position to give further information concerning the establishment of a consumer advice centre.
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will make a statement on the draft treaty agreed between this country and Cuba concerning the importation of cigars into Great Britain.
asked the President of the Board of Trade how far the prices charged for utility clothing and footwear produced by the Co-operative Society differ from those charged for similar articles produced...
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he is aware of the need for the introduction of new industries into the Calder areas of Midlothian, where two parishes are scheduled under the...
asked the President of the Board of Trade what steps have been taken to ensure that under the proposed treaty with Japan no damage will be done to the cotton trade in Lancashire.
asked the President of the Board of Trade for what purposes his regulations permit the stamping of crockery with distinctive initials.
asked the President of the Board of Trade what is the quantity and value of tar, used for refining in this country for the extraction of oils and other chemical contents, imported from...
asked the President of the Board of Trade why there was a heavy reduction in the quantities of un-manufactured tobacco imported from India and from Nyasaland in the first six months of 1951...
asked the President of the Board of Trade the number of claims under the War Damage Act Insurance Scheme, Part II, Business Scheme and Private Chattels, which remain unpaid at the latest...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will report the result of his consultation with the manufacturers of radio and television sets for revising the present safety...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what action he contemplates taking, following the publication of the Report of the Franklin Committee on Punishment in Borstal Institutions.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department why visitors to His Majesty's Boys' Prison, Wormwood Scrubs, are allowed only between the hours of 1.30 p.m. and 3.30 p.m.; why no visitors...
Mr. Wakefield: asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what complaints he has received about the quality of the water supplied to His Majesty's Prison at Sudbury; and what remedial...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether his attention has been drawn to a recent case, details of which have been sent to him, in which a sentence of 10 years' imprisonment...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he has considered the case of Rexv. Sedgwick, reported in Volume 34 of the Criminal Appeal Reports, in which the Lord Chief Justice...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many of the 3,544 men committed to prison by courts of summary jurisdiction in 1950 for non-compliance with maintenance orders actually...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will consider the provision of helicopters for Civil Defence forces in time of war.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the strength, of the Civil Defence Corps and of the Auxiliary Fire Service in England and Wales on 30th June.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what will be the functions of the proposed new Civil Defence Tactical School.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what Civil Defence training manuals are now available; and when they were issued to Civil Defence Corps authorities.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether arrangements are being made for men and women in the Auxiliary Fire Service to take part in fire-fighting exercises outside their home...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many stowaways have come to Britain since 1945; how many of these have come from Colonial or Dependency Territories; and how many have...
Miss Ward: asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what action he is proposing to take, having regard to the need to protect the security of this country, with regard to the 12...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what progress has been made towards the implementation of the recommendations of the Gowers Committee on the Health, Safety and Welfare of...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department when and how the decision to remit part of the fine imposed on Mrs. M. Johnson of South Shields was first published by him.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if be will publish the terms of the exemption granted to the London Transport Executive which authorised the parking of omnibuses in Tothill...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department under what authority and in what circumstances directions are given by his Department to prevent British subjects from leaving the country.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he is aware that paper, board and similar materials have increased in cost by 100 per cent. or more, since the February, 1950, General...
asked the Prime Minister whether he will make a statement on the proposed new developments of Government policy in Wales announced by the Chairman of the Welsh Advisory Council on 16th July, 1951.
asked the Prime Minister what representations have been made to him by Pandit Nehru that the British military advisers, officers and ex-officers in Pakistan should be withdrawn; and what steps he...
asked the Prime Minister whether he will instruct the Secretary of State for the Home Department, the Minister of Health, the Minister of National Insurance, the Postmaster-General and such other...
At the end of Questions:
May I ask the Leader of the House if he has any statement to make on business between now and the end of the Session?
The hon. Lady the Member for Tynemouth (Miss Ward) has not risen to ask me her question. Does she wish me to give my Ruling straight away?
3.58 p.m.
Motion made, and Question proposed. That the Draft Local Government (Payments by British Transport Commission) (Adjustment) Order, 1951, a copy of which was laid before this House on 11th July,...
Draft National Insurance (Mariners) Amendment Regulations, 1951 [copy presented 11th July], approved.—[Mr. Bernard Taylor.]
10.6 p.m.
10.8 p.m.
11.20 p.m.
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. Royle]
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