Mercher, 10 Gorffennaf 1963
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
As amended, considered; to be read the Third time.
asked the Secretary of State for War how much pension is received by a brigadier's widow with three children who lost her husband on 3rd November, 1958; and how much would she receive for herself...
asked the Secretary of State for War if he will revise the present regulations concerning adventure training so far as they affect members of the Women's Royal Army Corps.
asked the Secretary of State for War what steps are taken to ensure that before surplus land is disposed of by his Department the value of the land in the hands of the developer is ascertained.
asked the Secretary of State for War if he will arrange for the testing for War Department purposes of an American fork-lift truck and a British fork-lift truck, details of which have been sent...
asked the Secretary of State for War how many four-wheel-drive tractor shovels have been purchased since 1st January, 1956; what has been the total cost; how many have been purchased from...
asked the Secretary of State for War when the inquiry by the Lord Chancellor and the Secretary of State for War into Major Cory's court-martial was commenced; who was appointed to conduct the...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he will reconsider and relax the restriction on recruitment of young men who have previously been convicted of dishonesty, however minor, particularly...
asked the Secretary of State for War in which countries where troops are serving there are no arrangements for a coroner's inquest on the accidental death of a soldier; and what alternative...
asked the Secretary of State for War what defects have been discovered in the F.N. rifle and what action is proposed to ensure that the most modern rifle is available to British forces.
asked the Secretary of State for War why his Department in the case of Whitfield versus the War Office at Exeter Assize on 31st October, 1961, withdrew a counter-charge of trespass against Mr....
asked the Secretary of State for War if he will make a statement as to the circumstances attending the crash of a Belgian transport on a British Army of the Rhine range at Sennelager on 26th June.
asked the Secretary of State for War if he will make a statement on the desertion of Corporal Patchett.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland why adequate facilities for operations and treatment are not available at hospitals in Caithness and Sutherland, resulting in some patients having to be...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what reply has been sent to the petition he received from the Hermitage School Parent Teacher Association regarding the postponement of building the...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he is aware of the long delay experienced by John O'Brien, 121, Catto Drive, Peterhead, in getting admission to hospital; and when he expects that...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what further consideration he has given to the request of the Clydebank Town Council for grant for the extension of the Burncrook Filters.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what representation he has received respecting the reclassification of roads in the county of Dunbarton.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will state the financial and other assistance given by his Education Department during each of the last 10 years to schools under his jurisdiction...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the total number of statisticians employed in all the departments for which he is responsible; and how many are required to make up the full...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what amount has been spent on social amenities, and what proportion of its total expenditure is represented in each case, by each new town development...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland why he will not introduce legislation to abolish multures.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he is aware that, under the Rent Act 1957, tenants of small rented houses are being asked to buy their houses under threat of eviction by court...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is his estimate of the number of new jobs needed in Scotland in the next seven years to meet a 5 per cent, rate of economic growth, to meet the...
asked the Secretary of Slate for Scotland what was the average price per acre paid by Scottish local authorities for land for housing development in 1950, 1957 and 1962.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland when the centre in Glasgow for the treatment of and research into rheumatological diseases will be opened.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what research is being undertaken in Scotland into the probable relation between pneumoconiosis and carcinoma of the lung.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he has studied the resolution passed by the Annual General Meeting of the Educational Institute of Scotland on 7th June, 1963, and then sent to him,...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make a statement on the guidance he has given to local authorities, including Saltcoats, about the level of rents to be charged for their houses.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what progress is being made with the clearance of the early potato crop; and whether he will make a statement.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will refer to the Scottish Advisory Council on Child Care the question of setting up a Scottish Central Council in Child Care.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what consideration he has now given to the recommendation of the Mackenzie Committee about a major extension to the new power station at present being...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what arrangements he has mad; for Scottish fishing interests to be represented at the forthcoming inter national fisheries conference.
On a point of order. May I thank you, Mr. Speaker, for giving me the opportunity to—
With your permission, Mr. Speaker, and that of the House, I wish to make a statement. The Government have given very careful consideration to the findings of the Mackenzie Committee, including...
Bill to make provision for and in connection with the federation of North Borneo, Sarawak and Singapore with the existing States of the Federation of Malaya, presented by Mr. Sandys, supported by...
3.43 p.m.
6.1 p.m.
Question again proposed.
Read a Second time.
Order for Second Reading read.
Motion made, and Question proposed.
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