Iau, 18 Gorffennaf 1963
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Mr. Speaker, I beg leave to present a Petition organised by the National Equine (and Smaller Animals) Defence League to which 130,694 signatures have been appended. The Petitioners maintain that...
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs whether objectors, other than those indicated in section 23 of the Local Government Act, 1958, will be allowed to...
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs whether he has yet received the results of the 1962 tests for radioactivity in the reservoirs supplying water...
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs what action he proposes to take on the petition referred to him from citizens in Newcastle-under-Lyme concerning...
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs what steps Manchester Corporation have taken to supplement their water supply from underground sources such as...
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs what progress the Kent County Council has made during recent months in obtaining the 10 sites for gypsies and...
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs whether he is aware that there are long stretches of the Pennine Way, particularly in Derbyshire, the West Riding...
Mrs. Butler: asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs if he is satisfied that Section 132 of the Local Government Act 1948 gives local authorities...
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs if he will issue a circular advising county councils to make definitive maps, prepared under Part IV of the...
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs, in view of the fact that water rate is a part of the general rates taxation structure, why he requires a...
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs in how many cases in the last year local authorities, and therefore ratepayers, have paid the legal expenses of...
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs what steps he is taking to curb speculation in derelict land.
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs if he is aware of the discontent of the local council and the residents of Gosforth regarding the decision to...
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs what progress he is making in his efforts to encourage local authorities to negotiate for the use of racecourses...
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs how many public inquiries resulting from planning appeals took place in Cornwall during each of the last five...
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs if he will take the necessary steps to enable young married couples, who desire to become owner-occupiers, to...
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs what consultations have taken place or are contemplated for the provision of local employment in connection with...
Mrs. Butler: asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs what safety standards he requires before giving approval to tenders for building high blocks of...
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs why the tenants of former Barber Trust houses, now in the possession of the Birmingham Corporation, are not to be...
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs whether he will introduce legislation to prevent improvement grants from being given for the improvement of...
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs what decision has been taken regarding improvement grants where a bath unit can be installed without reducing...
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs if he will introduce legislation to empower local authorities to borrow over a period of 80 years for housing...
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs by how much the prices of houses have increased during the six months since 1st January, 1963.
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs, if he will give special help to the borough of Willesden to deal with the cost of rehousing cases of eviction...
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs how much money has been given to date from the £25 million designated for loans to housing associations.
asked the President of the Board of Trade what proposals he has for Government assistance to establish new industries in the south-west of England where wages are below the national average.
asked the Prime Minister, if, having regard to the Report of the Select Committee on Nationalised Industries dealing with the Electricity Supply Industry, and particularly paragraphs 400–5,...
asked the Prune Minister what investigations have now been undertaken by the several Departments of the Government concerned into the effect of automation and mechanisation on the employment...
asked the Prime Minister why permission was given to the Services Press and Broadcasting Committee to publicise the name of the Russian spy who defected 18 months ago.
asked the Prime Minister whether he will request Lord Denning to publish at least an interim report before the House of Commons goes into recess.
asked the Prime Minister whether the public speech of the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster at Rusper on 13th July, regarding Her Majesty's Government's three main policies on nuclear testing,...
asked the Prime Minister what machinery exists for consultation between the Minister of Housing and Local Government and the Service Departments in regard to seeking military training facilities...
asked the Prime Minister if, in view of the test ban talks now taking place in Moscow, he will ask the British representative to raise for discussion the subject of international espionage as...
The following Question stood upon the Order Paper:
Mr. H. Wilson: May I ask the Leader of the House whether he will state the business of the House for next week?
Standing Order No. 90A
I wish, Mr. Speaker, to raise a matter of Privilege, of which I have given you notice. It relates to what appeared in the Evening Standard of Wednesday, 17th July, on page 14, where it is stated...
Order for consideration, as amended (in the Standing Committee), read.
(1) Where a licence under this Act, not being a licence of right, authorises abstraction from an inland water in respect of which no minimum acceptable flow has been determined under Part III of...
(1) The provisions of this section shall have effect where an application under section 33 of this Act is made in a case falling within subsection (1,b) of that section; and in this section "the...
(1) Where a river authority area adjoins any part of Scotland, and it appears to the river authority that there may be water in watercourses or underground strata in that part of Scotland, or in...
(1) In this section "mine" has the meaning assigned to it by section 180 of the Mines and Quarries Act, 1954.
In any case where, by reason of exceptional shortage of rain or other emergency the holder of a licence is in urgent need of an additional supply of water, it shall be competent for a river...
Amendment made: In page 2, line 21, after "Food", insert: and, in the ease of anything falling to be done by the Ministers, means those Ministers"—[Mr. Corfield.]
I beg to move, in page 3, line 17, after "and", to insert: subject to the following provisions of this section". Perhaps it would be convenient to consider at the same time the following...
I beg to move, in page 5, line 6, at the end to insert: generally or as being qualified in respect of the protection of land against erosion or encroachment by the sea or any other particular...
I beg to move, in page 7, line 2 at the end to insert: and where two or more local authority members are to be appointed by the council of a county, the council (subject to the last preceding...
I beg to move, in page 7, line 31, after "member" to insert "or members". This Amendment, again is in compliance with an undertaking given to the hon. and gallant Member for Kingston upon Hull,...
Amendments made: In page 8, line 19, leave out from "as" to end of line 21 and insert: apart from this subsection, those waters and parts of the sea would not be included in the river authority...
I beg to move, in page 13, line 12, at the end to insert: (f) to bring to the notice of the river authority concerned any case where it appears to the Board that, for the purpose of securing the...
I beg to move, in page 15, line 28 to leave out from "shall" to "revise" in line 29 and to insert: in accordance; with the next following subsection, from time to time". I think that if it might...
7.45 p.m.
I beg to move, in page 20, line 16, to leave out "and" and to insert: (e) any navigation authority, harbour authority or conservancy authority having functions in relation to any other inland...
I beg to move, in page 24, line 25, at the end to insert: (c) in so far as the water is abstracted for use in any operations far the winning and working of any metal, mineral or stone and is...
I beg to move, in page 25, line 32, after "land" to insert: or in relation to the quantity of water extracted". I can deal with this matter briefly. I move the Amendment to help my right hon....
I beg to move, in page 28, line 9, after "published", to insert: in the London Gazette and". Perhaps this Amendment could be taken with the Amendments to lines 10, 14, 28 and 33?
I beg to move, in page 30, line 15, at the end to insert: from the source of supply to which the licence relates". This Amendment brings paragraph (a) of Clause 30(1) into line with paragraph...
I beg to move, in page 31, lire 39, to leave out subsections (1) to (6) and insert: (1) Where the holder of a licence under this Act to abstract water (in this section referred to as "the...
Amendment made: In page 35, line 13, after "of", insert "section 30 of this Act and of".—[Sir K. Joseph.]
I beg to move, in page 36, to leave out lines 3 to 18 and to insert: any quantity specified in the licence as a quantity of water authorised to be abstracted in pursuance of the licence during a...
Amendment made: In page 37, leave out lines 1 to 23.—[Sir K. Joseph.]
I beg to move, in page 40, line 1, to leave out subsection (3). With your permission, Mr. Deputy-Speaker, perhaps we might consider with this Amendment the next two Amendments.
Amendment made: In page 40, line 29, leave out "section" and insert "Part of this Act".—[Mr. Corfield.]
Amendment made: In page 43, line 15, leave out "40" and insert "41."—[Mr. Corfield.]
I beg to move, in page 43, line 22, at the end to insert: (2) Where, either in consequence of representations made to the Minister or otherwise, it appears to the Minister that a licence under...
I beg to move, in page 45, line 14, at end to insert: (4) The provisions of subsections (5) to (7) of section 29 of this Act shall apply in relation to any proposals referred to the Minister as...
I beg to move, in page 45, line 18, to leave out "an inland water" and to insert a source of supply in a river authority area". Perhaps it will be convenient to discuss at the same time the...
I beg to move, in page 46, line 35, at the end to insert: (6) For the purpose of assessing any compensation under this section, in so far as that compensation is in respect of loss or damage...
Amendments made: In page 46, line 38, leave out from "persons" to "are" in line 39.
I beg to move, in page 48, line 12, after first "that", to insert "(a)". It may be convenient to take with this Amendment the Amendment in page 48, line 19, at the end to insert: or(b) when...
Amendment made: In page 50, line 22, at end insert: and also containing such information as may be so prescribed with respect to persons becoming the holders of licences by virtue of section 32...
I beg to move, in page 53, line 17, to leave out from "but" to the end of line 23 and to insert: (a) section 34(3) to (5) and section 41 of this Act shall have effect in relation to any such...
I beg to move, in page 55, line 32, at the end to insert: (e) the extent to which, in the case of abstraction of inland water, any land on a holding far the benefit of which the abstractor has a...
I beg to move, in page 56, line 11, to leave out "(f)" and to insert "(h)". Perhaps, Mr. Deputy-Speaker, with this Amendment we may take that in Clause 60, page 58, line 26.
I beg to move, in page 58, line 1, to leave out "(4") and to insert "(6)". The provision originally contained in Clause 59(4) is now in Clause 59(6), hence the necessity for this Amendment.
9.15 p.m.
I beg to move, in page 67, line 47, at the end to insert: (3) Where, on an application under section (Application by owner of fishing rights for revocation or variation of licence) of this Act,...
I beg to move, in page 74, line 39, at the end to insert: to the extent to which they prohibit the use of those waters for boating or by boats which are not for the time being registered with the...
I beg to move, in page 75, line 44, at the end, to insert: (2) Subject to subsection (5) of this section, where the use for the purposes of any form of recreation of an inland water (not being ...
I beg to move, in page 80, line 15, sit the end to insert: and any payments made out of any sinking fund so maintained". With your permission, Mr. Deputy-Speaker, I think we could conveniently...
I beg to move, in page 81, line 44, to leave out "one" and to insert "five".
I beg to move, in page 83, line 9, to leave out "or replacement fund" and to insert: replacement fund or sinking fund". With permission, Mr. Deputy-Speaker, may we take Amendments Nos. 91 and 93...
I beg to move, in page 90, line 29, to leave out from "whose" to the end of line 32 and to insert: functions are transferred by virtue of section 5 of this Act to a river authority (in those...
Amendments made: In page 95, line 24, leave out from "whose" to end of line 26 and insert: functions are transferred by virtue of section 5 of this Act to a river authority to whom the functions...
I beg to move, in page 98, line 12, at the end to insert: (2) In formulating or considering any such proposals, river authorities and the Water Resources Board and any Minister having functions...
I beg to move, in page 106, line 2, at the end to insert: (3) A person shall not by virtue of the last preceding section be entitled to enter or remain on land occupied by statutory water...
Amendment made: In page 110, line 23, leave out "within the meaning of" and insert "or other persons referred to in".—[Sir K. Joseph.]
Amendment made: In page 112, line 39, after "7(5)", insert "or 7(6)".—[Sir K. Joseph.]
I beg to move, in page 113, line 45, to leave out from "subsection" to "in" in line 46 and to insert: no power of compulsory acquisition conferred on a river authority by or under Part VI of this...
I beg to move, in page 119, line 33, to leave out from "Board" to "to".
Amendments made: In page 126, line 41, leave out "either" and insert "any".
I beg to move, in page 131, line 3, at the end to insert: (3) The repeal by virtue of this section of section 5 of the River Boards Act 1948 shall not affect any determination under subsection...
1.—(1) Except as otherwise provided by this Schedule, the seaward boundary of a river authority area shall be low-water mark on the coast of the area.
10.30 p.m.
I indicated at an earlier stage that I would be willing to accept a manuscript Amendment if the Minister did not desire to move the Amendment in page 133, line 17, in the form in which it...
I beg to move, in page 140, line 28, at the end to insert: (4) Without prejudice to the proviso to subsection (1) of the said section 76 (which limits the disabilities imposed by that section),...
I beg to move, in page 146, line 28 after "not" to insert: either before or after the order has been made. This is a drafting Amendment to make more precise the limit on the challenging in the...
Amendment made: In page 147, line 47 after "to" to insert "any".—[Mr. Corfield.]
I beg to move, in page 153, line 14, after "paragraph" to insert "notice in writing of". This Amendment merely requires objection to be made in writing.
I beg to move, in page 158, line 50, after "not" to insert: either before or after the order has been made". This Amendment is identical in terms with that to Schedule 4 and makes more precise...
Motion made, and Question proposed. That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Hugh Rees.]
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