Llun, 19 Rhagfyr 1960
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
asked the Minister of Health what percentage of money under his Department's vote is allocated to cancer research.
asked the Minister of Health whether, in view of the increased Press advertising of cigarettes from £1,400,000 during the first nine months of 1959 to £2,200,000 in 1960 and the...
asked the Minister of Health if he is aware of the possible danger to human health arising from the import of tortoises that have been exposed to radioactivity; and what steps are taken to ensure...
asked the Minister of Health arising from the new drug price agreement, of how many drugs the price will be directly negotiated, and what provision there is for the list to be expanded; whether...
asked the Minister of Health whether, in view of the fact that contributions have now been made by the United States of America, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and many other countries...
asked the Minister of Health what progress has been made in arranging the transfer of Ronald Meloy from a Bognor hospital to a Dartford hospital, to enable this badly-disabled youth to be near...
asked the Minister of Health how many citizens of India, Pakistan, West Africa and the West Indies, respectively, occupy junior medical officer posts in hospitals; and what percentage these...
asked the Minister of Health (1) what action has been taken in the case of the doctor responsible for prescribing an overdose of xylocaine, equivalent to almost three times the normal dose for a...
asked the Minister of Health to what extent hospitals buy drugs from the Continent rather than British and American drugs; and what savings are effected thereby.
asked the Minister of Health the average length of time which elapses between a regional hospital board approving a building project and the commencement of the actual building work.
asked the Minister of Health what steps have been taken to provide more convalescent homes and accommodation for elderly patients after their hospital treatment; if he is aware of difficulties in...
asked the Lord Privy Seal if he can yet make a statement about simplifying and reducing the cost in the present passport system for holidays abroad.
asked the Lord Privy Seal if he will publish comparative figures of defence expenditure per head for the countries of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, excluding Turkey and the United...
asked the Lord Privy Seal whether he will consult with Mr. Hammarskjoeld about action to be taken in view of the campaign of one political party in the South Cameroons that wants independence...
asked the Lord Privy Seal what was the contribution pledged by this country to the United Nations Organisation to meet the cost of the Gaza Strip Operation; whether it has yet been paid; what...
asked the Lord Privy Seal if he will propose in the United Nations a revision of the practice under which the Human Rights Commission does not discuss or take action regarding alleged violations...
asked the Lord Privy Seal whether he will bring to the attention of Mr. Hammarskjoeld the reluctance of the United Nations troops in Stanleyville to endeavour to keep order or protect citizens of...
asked the Lord Privy Seal what proposals Her Majesty's Government have submitted to the United Nations General Assembly for the resumption of disarmament negotiations, either in the Ten-Nation...
asked the Lord Privy Seal for which nominations for the non-permanent members of the Security Council of the United Nations the United Kingdom delegation voted; which were elected; and how many...
asked the Lord Privy Seal whether it was with the authority and consent of the Security Council that Mr. Lumumba was arrested in the Congo; and how the United Kingdom representative on the...
asked the Lord Privy Seal how Her Majesty's Government voted at the United Nations General Assembly on 14th December, 1960, on the resolution calling for United Nations supervision of the...
asked the Lord Privy Seal how Her Majesty's Government voted at the United Nations on 14th December, 1960, on the resolution embodying a declaration on the granting of independence to colonial...
asked the Lord Privy Seal in what circumstances Her Majesty's Government provide foreign Governments with photographs supplied to them for passport purposes by British subjects without informing...
asked the Lord Privy Seal in view of the fact that on 30th November, in Paris, the Western European Assembly passed a resolution, supported by the United Kingdom delegates, that Great Britain...
asked the Lord Privy Seal if he will now state when he intends to release the Bahraini prisoners now detained on St. Helena.
asked the Lord Privy Seal if he will make a statement on the suspension of negotiations for a ban on atomic tests.
asked the Lord Privy Seal whether he will instruct Her Majesty's Ambassador in Washington to enter into discussions with the United States President-Elect on joint control of the use of nuclear...
asked the Lord Privy Seal whether, in view of the increasingly disturbed situation in Laos, he will now invite the Soviet co-Chairman of the Geneva Conference to join with him in reconvening a...
asked the Lord Privy Seal whether he is satisfied that there will be no censorship of books and periodicals sent into Spain under the Cultural Convention signed in July last; and whether he will...
The following Questions stood upon the Order Paper:
(by Private Notice) asked the Minister of Transport whether, following the explosion and fire which has led to the withdrawal from service of Scottish electrified lines, he will initiate an...
Mr. Speaker, you are aware that I attempted within the rules of order of the House to obtain a statement from the Lord Privy Seal on the headline in the Daily Mail this morning—
Bill to provide for contributory pension schemes in respect of persons employed at certain agricultural institutions and colleges financed wholly or partly out of public funds, presented by Mr....
Bill to provide for conferring certain immunities on representatives of Governments of Commonwealth countries and the Republic of Ireland attending conferences in the United Kingdom and on their...
Ordered,That this day Business other than the Business of Supply may be taken before Ten o'clock.—[Mr. R. A. Butler.]
[3RD ALLOTTED DAY]
3.50 p.m.
7.3 p.m.
So much of the Lords Message [15th December] as communicates the Resolution, That it is desirable that all Consolidation Bills (including Bills for consolidating Private Acts), Statute Law...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Col. J. H. Harrison.]
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