Mawrth, 30 Gorffennaf 1963
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Lords Amendments considered and agreed to.
Read the Third time and passed, with Amendments.
Queen's Consent, on behalf of the Crown, signified.
Read the Third time and passed.
I beg to present a Petition from the inhabitants of the village of Godstone in Surrey, in which they deplore the fact that the Minister of Education has not yet given his consent for the Surrey...
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asked the Secretary for Technical Co-operation whether he will now make a statement about the action which Her Majesty's Government intend to take on the recommendations of the Committee on...
asked the Secretary for Technical Co-operation whether he will extend the services of the Overseas Services Resettlement Bureau to include United Kingdom domiciled officers on local pay who have...
asked the Secretary for Technical Co-operation what plans he has for expanding the overseas services of the British Broadcasting Corporation.
asked the Secretary for Technical Co-operation what steps he intends to take among school leavers and university graduates to bring to their attention the opportunities for voluntary work in...
asked the Secretary for Technical Co-operation whether he will make a further statement regarding the publication of a White Paper on overseas aid.
asked the Secretary for Technical Co-operation for what purposes he made an official visit to Bonn on 24th to 26th of this month; and what was the scope of his discussions.
asked the Parliamentary Secretary for Science what machinery exists in his Department, other than that of the Atomic Energy Authority, for selecting projects for development contracts and for...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary for Science how many grant-aided research associations have so far been able to obtain a rating reduction under Section 11(4,b) of the Rating and Valuation Act,...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary for Science, in view of the fact that the Building Research Station is facing a spate of problems associated with industrial building, what increases of finance...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary for Science what plans the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority has for association with the British Nuclear Forum to be incorporated in the United Kingdom.
asked the Parliamentary Secretary for Science if he will give a list of the radio isotopes at present being manufactured in the United Kingdom, and a table of the establishments producing them;...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary for Science the total number of earmarked research grants so far placed by the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research; and for what projects they have...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary for Science when he will publish the results of the further investigation into car safety belts by the Road Research Laboratory, in view of the need for early...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary for Science if he will revise the terms of reference of the Trend Committee to enable it to consider the need for a scientific research unit to be attached to...
asked the Parliamentary for Science what form of liaison at present exists between the research councils employing geologists and pedologists and the surveyors and engineers responible for...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary for Science when it will be decided where the sub-stations for the Meat Research Institute are to be sited; and what are the factors to be taken into account.
asked the Parliamentary Secretary for Science, in view of the importance of the expansion of universities and colleges of advanced technology and of the need to increase the number of...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary for Science whether he is satisfied with the development and supply of new types of scientific instrumentation in Britain; and what steps Her Majesty's...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary for Science what changes in the administration of his Department will take place as a result of the reorganisation of the Ministry of Defence, in order to ensure...
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asked the Parliamentary Secretary for Science what has been the highest power reached by the advanced gas-cooled reactor at Winscale.
asked the Parliamentary Secretary for Science what has been the highest power now reached at the experimental fast reactor at Dounreay; and what has been the average electrical output to the...
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs what practical assistance he will make available to areas with heavy house clearance schemes to offset the...
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs if, in his re view of housing subsidies, he will ensure that a significant weighting is given to those areas...
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs what progress has been made by the City of Birmingham Corporation towards implementing the undertaking given to...
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs whether he will take steps to ensure that new tenancies for houses, provided by private developers, carry the...
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asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs whether he has now considered the representations of the Welsh Parliamentary Group concerning the status of the...
asked the Prime Minister whether he will now seek the views of the House on the advisability of televising daily a short, edited programme of proceedings of the House of Commons, of a similar...
asked the Prime Minister if he will move to appoint a Select Committee of the House to consider and report on how to bring about more democratic proceedings on the radio and television during the...
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asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of the proposed changes in the Ministry of Defence, he will now re-examine the relationship between Government Departments and British industry, with...
asked the Prime Minister whether he will, after the conclusion of a partial nuclear test ban treaty, make proposals designed to bridge the gap between the United States and Soviet draft treaty...
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With permission, Sir, I will make a statement to the House. The Government have had the question of aircraft carriers under consideration with a view to determining the requirement for the...
3.48 p.m.
Considered in Committee.
10.20 p.m.
I beg to move, That consideration of the Lords Amendment in the Title, line 10, be postponed till after the consideration of subsequent Amendments.
Lords Amendment: In line 4, leave out "having regard".
Lords Amendment: In page 6, line 5, at end insert: (3A) Before appointing a person to be the chairman of the said committee, the Authority shall satisfy themselves that that person— (a)...
Lords Amendment: In page 12, line 19, leave out from beginning to "and" in line 26 and insert: For the purposes of this Act and the principal Act— (a) a person shall not be regarded as...
Lords Amendment: In page 16, line 19, at end insert: (2) In section 3(1) of the principal Act, paragraph (g) and the proviso (which, with certain exceptions, require matter designed to serve the...
Lords Amendment: In page 20, line 25, at end insert: Provision of experimental educational service outside programme contracts4.—(1) In section 2(2), at the end of paragraph (b) there shall...
Lords Amendment: In line 10, leave out from first "Authority" to end of line 11.
Lords Amendments considered.
Lords Amendment: In page 2, line 10, leave out "six" and insert "twelve".
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