Iau, 21 Ebrill 1955
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Bill to confirm a Provisional Order made by the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation under the Doncaster Corporation Act, 1926, relating to Doncaster Corporation trolley vehicles, presented...
Bill to confirm a Provisional Order under the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act, 1936, relating to Glasgow Corporation (Extension of Time), presented by Mr. J. Stuart; and ordered...
Bill to confirm a Provisional Order under the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act, 1936, relating to Clyde Navigation (Superannuation), presented by Mr. J. Stuart; and ordered (under...
asked the Minister of Labour whether he will grant deferment from National Service to post-graduate students working part-time for the degree of doctor of science or doctor of philosophy.
Mr. H. Wilson: asked the Minister of Labour if he is aware of the growing number of workers in Huyton, Prescot, and surrounding areas, who, having been refused unemployability allowances by the...
Mr. H. Wilson: asked the Minister of Labour the number of workers who have left the cotton industry between 1st January and the latest available date, and the net reduction in employment in...
asked the Minister of Labour what percentage of registered male unemployed are aged over 45 and 65 years, respectively.
asked the Minister of Labour how many notified vacancies there were for dock workers in Liverpool upon the latest convenient date.
asked the Minister of Labour to state the Interim Index of Retail Prices for March, 1955; and how this compares with March, 1952, and March, 1954.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department on how many occasions in the last year motorists charged by the Metropolitan Police with being under the influence of drink while in charge of...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department the number of motorists found guilty of being drunk in charge or suffering from the effect of drugs in England and Wales in 1954; and the...
Mr. H. Wilson: asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department the number of indictable offences recorded in Liverpool, Birkenhead, and that area of the Lancashire County Council which...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what plans were originally made for accommodation for the directing staff at the Civil Defence Staff College at Sunninghill; and whether...
asked the Minister of Education whether he will review the constitution of the Burnham Committee Teachers' Panel so as to include one or more representatives of the National Association of...
asked the Minister of Education (1) if he will instruct those schools giving children milk tablets to discontinue this practice and provide fresh milk;
asked the Minister of Education the number of new school places provided in Dorsetshire during the years 1946 to 1954, respectively; the estimated number of places for 1955; and how many new...
asked the Minister of Education whether he is aware that, although raw lead glazes have been forbidden in the manufacture of pottery made in factories and that specific restrictions apply to the...
asked the Minister of of Education if he is yet in a position to announce his revised scale of grants to intending teachers.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer to name those who have been appointed to act as members of the Departmental Committee to investigate the question of endorsement of cheques; and to state the...
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the cost to Government funds arising from the difference in the average retail price for home-produced hen eggs of 4s. 2d. per dozen for the...
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether, when allocating the subsidy available for fertilisers, he will reduce the cost of potash in straight and compound form as well as of...
asked the Prime Minister what progress Her Majesty's Government have made to date towards top-level four-Power talks; and when, and where, he expects that such talks will be held.
May I ask whether the Prime Minister will state the Business of the House?
Mr. Speaker, Sir. Before the dissolution I intend to put a Motion on the Order Paper, as on previous occasions, for the purpose of carrying over Private Bills still under consideration in this...
Considered in Committee. [Progress, 20th April]
Question again proposed,
3.14 p.m.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. R. Thompson.]
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