Llun, 4 Ebrill 1955
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
As amended, considered; to be read the Third time.
Read a Second time and committed.
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power whether he is aware of public disquiet in Coventry at the shortage of coal; and what steps he is taking to deal with the situation.
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power whether he will give a general direction to the National Coal Board to avoid siting new coal dirt disposal tips in positions which are injurious to local...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power how much coal was imported in the 12 months to 31st March, 1955; how much came from United States and Canadian sources, and how much from elsewhere; and what...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power how much house coal was burned in 12 months to 31st March, 1955; and what estimate he has made of unrationed house-coal demand for 12 months commencing 1st...
Mr. H. Wilson: asked the Minister of Fuel and Power what estimate he made of the total cost of operating the opencast coal site on the ground of the Prescot Cricket Club, Lancashire, before...
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power what steps he is taking to obviate in the future the inconvenience caused by failures in the distribution of household coal in recent months.
asked the Minister of Fuel and Power if he will now give an undertaking to refuse his approval for the shipment of coal to this country under circumstances which condone the principle of flag...
asked the Minister of Food if he will now take action to ban the colouring of kippers with coal-tar dyes and encourage a return to the practice of producing the appetising appearance and...
asked the Minister of Food whether he is yet in a position to issue regulations providing for charges to be made by a local authority for the inspection of meat; or whether he will allow local...
asked the Minister of Food whether he is aware of the public annoyance at the growing practice among some shopkeepers of giving small overweight on purchases and then charging excessive prices...
asked the Minister of Food whether he is aware that white pepper imported at 4s. a lb. is sold to the public at 1s. an ounce and, as this represents a profit of 300 per cent., if he will impose...
asked the Minister of Food how long it now takes to pay the sums due to producers under the guarantees for fatstock; and how the delay between a sale and the payment of the guarantees compares...
asked the Minister of Food (1) whether he will make available the evidence provided by the National Food Survey that old-age pensioners in 1954 ate 50 per cent. more eggs than in 1951; (2) how...
Mr. Vane: asked the Minister of Food what proportion of the total pigmeat consumed in this country during 1954, or other recent convenient period of 12 months, was home-produced and what...
asked the Minister of Food how many foods have been decontrolled by his Department since 1951.
asked the Minister of Food how the consumption of butter, cheese and eggs for 1954 compares with the consumption in 1950.
asked the Minister of Food what reply he has received from the meat trade to his letter drawing attention to the disadvantages of averaging out the prices of home-killed and imported meat.
asked the Minister of Supply whether he has noted the difficulties which will be caused to the British motor industry as a result of the Australian import cuts; and whether he will refer this...
asked the Minister of Supply if he will place additional contracts in Northern Ireland to mitigate the distress caused by unemployment.
asked the Minister of Supply whether he is aware that country blacksmiths and agricultural engineers are being hampered in urgent repair work by lack of mild steel rods and flats; and whether he...
asked the Minister of Supply the cost of the latest type of helicopter for which contracts have been let by his Department.
asked the Minister of Supply the cost of a Centurion tank and a Conqueror tank.
asked the Minister of Health what staff changes have been made at Wembley Hospital because of the death of a boy, following an operation, on 14th February, 1955.
asked the Minister of Health if he will make a supplementary capital allocation to the Newcastle Regional Hospital Board for the completion of the unfinished building block at Guisborough General...
asked the Minister of Health why St. Luke's Hospital, Lowestoft, has been out of use since the end of the war; and what plans he has for its use in view of the necessity for an increase in...
asked the Minister of Health the number of full-time and part-time specialists with appointments under Newcastle Regional Hospital Board at the latest available date, as compared with 12 months...
asked the Minister of Health if he has now invited the London teaching hospitals to consider the seconding of student nurses to mental and other hospitals as part of their training; if he will...
Mr. G. Wilson: asked the Minister of Health what priority the South-Western Regional Hospital Board and his Department give to the building of a district hospital at St. Austell.
asked the Minister of Health the area of arable land taken over by the Stapleton Park Farm Committee and what is the area now; what profits accrued to his Department as a result of the workings...
asked the Minister of Health what procedure should be followed by men returning to civilian life after military service and by children born within the last five years, who have no national...
asked the Minister of Health when he now expects to receive the report of the Guillebaud Committee; and when it will be published.
asked the Minister of Health whether he will seek to obtain a reliable and up-to-date estimate of the shortage of sanitary inspectors for local government employment; and what further action he...
asked the Minister of Health whether he will give instructions to the British delegates to the Annual Conference of the World Health Organisation to propose an increase in the regular budget of...
asked the Minister of Health to what extent trilene has replaced the use of analgesia in respect of confinements in hospitals and by midwives; what is the particular advantage of trilene; and...
asked the hon. Member for Finchley as representing the Church Commissioners, how many leaseholders they have in Shirland Road, Paddington; whether the lease of number 39 is held jointly with...
Mr. Robens (by Private Notice) asked the Minister of Labour and National Service whether he has any further statement to make about the dispute which has caused a stoppage in the newspaper industry.
Proceedings on Government Business exempted, at this day's Sitting, from the provisions of Standing Order No. 1 (Sittings of the House).—[Mr. Crook-shank.]
3.40 p.m.
As amended, considered.
I beg to move, in page 2, line 38, at the end, to insert: Provided that an order made under this subsection by a magistrates' court or, on appeal from a magistrates' court, by a court of quarter...
Order for Second Reading read.
Order made by the Secretary of State for the Home Department, extending Section 1 of the Sunday Entertainments Act, 1932, to the Urban District of Aireborough [Copy presented, 29th...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Studholme.]
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