Iau, 23 Hydref 1952
The House met at Half past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
asked the Minister of Health what steps he intends taking to lessen the incidence of food poisoning, in view of the report contained in Command Paper No. 8582, of an increase in the number of...
asked the Minister of Health what evidence is available of the toxic effects following the use of detergents in cleansing glass and crockery; and what figures he has as to the incidence of...
asked the Minister of Health what arrangements he has made in cases of emergency, such as the railway disaster at Harrow, to draft doctors with specialised experience in traumatic surgery to...
asked the Minister of Health the number of infant deaths for 1951 attributable to organisms contained in liquid milk of all grades.
asked the Minister of Health whether, having regard to the heavy waiting list in the Pontypridd and Rhondda area and the disproportionate maintenance cost involved in the present limited...
asked the Minister of Health how far experience has shown the effectiveness of the new B.C.G. vaccination in combating tuberculosis; and whether he will take action to offer its protection to...
asked the Minister of Health if he is aware of the constant appeal for funds on behalf of the British Empire Cancer Campaign; and if he will consider increasing Government assistance to...
asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that the charge payable to chemists for prescriptions varies according to the size of the doctor's handwriting; and if he will arrange for...
asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that orthodontic treatment is not provided under the National Health Service either by any dentist in Kettering or by the Kettering General...
asked the Minister of Health if his attention has been called to the case of an Italian subject who had two years of surgical treatment at a cost of £500 to the British taxpayer, particulars...
asked the Minister of Health the total charge on the National Health Service in 1951 for prescriptions under 1s. in value; and what were the sums in that amount on account of the 25 per cent....
asked the Minister of Health (1) why, in the recent Reports, Part I, National Health Service, and Part II, On the State of the Public Health, no reference was made to the number of occupation...
asked the Minister of Health if he has considered payment of interest on amounts due to chemists in respect of prescriptions under the National Health Act where such amounts have been outstanding...
asked the Minister of Health what portion of the Danckwerts award will be passed on to doctor assistants and trainee apprentices; and how far, in view of this award, he considers it necessary to...
asked the Minister of Health how many claims for payment by dentists and others have been disallowed because the National Registration card identity number of the patient is not available; and...
asked the Minister of Health how far the present bed space in the mental hospitals fails to meet the demands of patients under treatment for mental illness.
asked the Minister of Health how much accommodation is out of use at mental hospitals owing to lack of nursing staff.
asked the Minister of Health how many, and what are the names of the hospitals in the county of Durham which perform operations for tonsils and adenoids; how many children under school age and of...
Major Lloyd: asked the Minister of Health whether he has now received the report of the King Edward's Hospital Fund on its hospital costing investigation; and what arrangements he is making for...
asked the Minister of Health whether he has yet received the reports from the hospital authorities on visiting in children's wards.
asked the Minister of Health to what extent the number of day nurseries has been increased or reduced during the past year.
asked the Minister of Education (1) where, in view of the number of houses being built and planned in the borough and rural district of Newcastle-under-Lyme through the agency of the National...
asked the Minister of Education what steps she is taking to provide secondary education for the 354,000 children of 11 and upwards now being taught in all-age schools.
asked the Minister of Education how many primary and secondary school classes there are now with over 60 pupils; where these schools are situated; and what special steps are being taken to reduce...
asked the Minister of Education how many local authorities have informed her that they are proposing to adopt the standard rates of assistance for major awards mentioned in Administrative...
asked the Minister of Education if she is now in a position to give the numbers of full-time and part-time students, respectively, in technical colleges for the session 1951–52; and what...
asked the Minister of Education how many places remained vacant in the teacher training colleges at their opening in October, 1952.
asked the Minister of Education how many secondary grammar schools are short of their establishment of science teachers; what is the prime cause of the shortage; and what steps she proposes to...
asked the Minister of Education whether the consultations with interested bodies in regard to the financial position of denominational schools have yet resulted in any definite proposals; and...
asked the Minister of Education whether she will now abandon the system whereby young students are required to sign a declaration or other document committing them to teach in consideration of...
asked the Minister of Education the total number of retired teachers receiving pension; and on what basis she has calculated that it would cost an additional £1 million to enable those who...
asked the Minister of Education if she is aware that the York City education authority has withdrawn all its grants for adult education in the city; and what action she proposes to take in the matter.
asked the Prime Minister whether he will now make a statement on the results of the atom bomb test in Australia.
asked the Prime Minister if he has yet decided a time-table for the run-down of the Ministry of Food and the ultimate transfer of any necessary remaining functions to other Departments.
asked the Prime Minister if he will make a statement on British participation in the European Council for Atomic Research.
asked the Prime Minister whether it is proposed to consider the subject of defence at the forthcoming Commonwealth conference.
asked the Prime Minister whether he proposes to nominate a successor to the hon. Member for Cardiff, North, as Joint Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department and Welsh Affairs.
asked the Prime Minister what advice was tendered by Her Majesty's Government in connection with the arrangements for televising the Coronation ceremony.
With your permission, Sir, I shall now make a statement in answer to Question No. 45, asked by my hon. Friend the Member for Morecambe and Lonsdale (Sir I. Fraser). The object of the test was to...
May I ask the Leader of the House to state the business for next week?
3.44 p.m.
10.11 p.m.
10.42 p.m.
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. Studholme]
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