Iau, 4 Gorffennaf 1963
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. Speaker in the Chair]
Address for Return,showing the number of offences relating to motor vehicles in England and Wales, the number of persons prosecuted for such offences, statistics of the proceedings in...
asked the Minister of Education if he will institute a separate building programme designed solely for the replacement of obsolete rural primary schools.
asked the Minister of Education if he will order a sample analysis to be carried out to discover what correlation there is between age of transfer from infants to junior sections of primary...
asked the Minister of Education, in view of the increased expenditure on libraries in training colleges, if he will provide more funds for clerical assistance in running these libraries.
asked the Minister of Education why more Austrian, Belgian and Swiss assistants are not employed in English schools.
asked the Minister of Education what representations he has received from educational leaders in the North-East about undesirable picture cards in packages of sweets; and what reply he has made.
asked the Minister of Education if he now intends to raise the school leaving age to 16 years before October, 1964.
asked the Minister of Education why he has refused to allow Blackburn local education authority to proceed with any major school building projects in 1964–65, in view of the urgent need to...
Mrs. Butler: asked the Minister of Education why the Summerson Council has not granted all areas of art study to Hornsey School of Art.
asked the Minister of Education what steps he is taking to alleviate the position of students at colleges of art who have been taking the preliminary course for the new Diploma in Art and Design,...
asked the Minister of Education whether he will increase the number of exchange teachers to be sent to America in 1964–65 under the exchange of teachers programme.
asked the Minister of Education if he is aware of the concern of the Leyton Borough Council about the economies affecting education in that borough; and if he will consult the Essex County...
asked the Minister of Education whether he will make a statement on salary scales of teachers in colleges of advanced technology.
asked the Minister of Education if he will give the names of the members of the committee which is to study primary education.
asked the Minister of Education whether he is aware of widespread concern over the methods used in the appointment of teachers in Wales; and whether he will instruct the Central Advisory Council...
asked the Minister of Education, in view of the recent adoption of the Swedish plan to save the temples of Abu Simbel, whether he will reconsider his decision not to contribute to the appeal by...
asked the Minister of Education how many local education authorities in England and Wales still retain the eleven-plus system of examination.
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs to what extent the policy stated in paragraph 75 of Command Paper No. 2050 represents a change in Government policy.
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs what steps he proposes to take to safeguard tenants of decontrolled houses, who request the installation of a...
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs if he will state his estimate of council house building programmes for 1963, 1964 and 1965.
Mrs. Butler: asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs if he will amend the Town and Country Planning Use Classes Order to enable the number of betting...
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs (1) if he will make a statement on the discussions with the London County Council on the proposed new town for...
Mr. J. Wells: asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs what steps he is taking to help local authorities who wish to have yacht marinas in their areas;...
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs what reply he has sent to a letter from the Town Clerk of Derby dated 12th June, 1963, concerning the serious...
asked the Prime Minister if he will introduce legislation to make the office of Deputy Prime Minister a permanent feature of the Constitution of Her Majesty's Government.
asked the Prime Minister if he will ensure that legislation presented to this House is not drafted in obscure language.
asked the Prime Minister if he will arrange, that when complex legislation is presented to the House, particularly a Finance Bill, a detailed explanatory memorandum is published in the form of a...
asked the Prime Minister what action Her Majesty's Government proposes to take arising out of the report of the Lord President of the Council on unemployment on the North-East Coast.
asked the Prime Minister what steps he has taken to satisfy himself that he has now been informed of all the occasions on which warnings of possible security risks were given to Ministers by...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will make a statement about the further difficulties which have necessitated sending further troops to British Guiana.
Mr. H. Wilson: May I ask the Leader of the House to state the business of the House for next week?
With your permission, Mr. Speaker, and that of the House, I should like to make a short statement on the British Service men detained in the Yemen. I am glad to be able to confirm to the House...
Ordered,That this day Business other than the Business of Supply may be taken before Ten o'clock.—[Mr. Iain Macleod.]
[23RD ALLOTED DAY]
Motion made, and Question proposed.
4.3 p.m.
Motion made, and Question proposed,That the Import Duties (General) (No. 4) Order 1963, dated 28th May, 1963, a copy of which was laid before this House on 31st May, be approved.—[Mr. Green.]
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. I. Fraser.]
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