Llun, 20 Ionawr 1964
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
I regret to have to inform the House of the deaths of Henry Percivall Pott, esquire, Member for Devizes, and Sir William Traven Aitken, K.B.E., Member for Bury St. Edmunds, and I desire on behalf...
I beg to present a Petition to this Honourable House which has been organised by a body named the General Practitioners' Association, which has been signed by 6,115 practitioners at present in...
asked the Minister without Portfolio what action about the provision of nursery facilities for the children of mothers at work he is proposing as a result of the deliberations of the Women's...
Mr. Frank Allaun asked: the Minister without Portfolio if he will introduce legislation to permit the Press Council to take space in advertising columns of newspapers to publish its reports...
asked the Minister without Portfolio if he will make a statement on his official activities during the past year.
asked the Minister of Labour if he will make a statement on the progress being made towards implementing the Offices, Shops and Railway Premises Act, with particular reference to the date of...
asked the Minister of Labour how many industries including coal mines, iron and steel works, and tinplate works, in Wales, have ceased production during the last 12 years; and how many men and...
asked the Minister of Labour whether, following the Report of Lord Cameron into the complaint made by the National Union of Bank Employees, he will hold talks with the National Union of Bank...
asked the Minister of Labour what consideration is being given in his Department to the establishment of an occupational health service.
asked the Minister of Labour how many places will be provided in Government training and retraining centres in Scotland in the current financial year; how many in 1964–65; and whether he is...
Mr. Boyden asked: the Minister of Labour what additional staff he has appointed during the last three months to prepare the organisation for the Industrial Training Boards.
asked the Minister of Labour, following the general reduction in working hours from 44 to 42 per week between 1959 and 1962, what information he has on the average number of extra minutes worked...
asked the Minister of Labour how many persons are em- ployed in the production of ordnance, armoured fighting vehicles and small arms; and what proportion is employed in Royal Ordnance Factories.
asked the Minister of Labour how many severely disabled unemployed persons in the London area would suffer financial loss if they chose to work for Remploy instead of continuing to draw social...
asked the Minister of Labour what were the numbers, at the latest convenient date, of school leavers, boys and girls, who were unable to secure employment at the Staffordshire employment...
the Minister of Labour how many people are now unemployed as the result of a dispute at the plastic factory at Mauchline, Ayrshire; and what steps he is taking to deal with the situation
Dr. Bray asked: the Minister of Labour what further steps he will take to train skilled manpower for the recently announced industrial estate on Tees-side; and whether he will establish an...
asked the Minister of Labour if he will state the number of boy and girl school-leavers who are still unemployed in the Dearne Valley area; and how many of these have made applications for...
the Minister of Labour how many men and women are now registered as unemployed in the Mexborough Employment Exchange area
asked the Minister of Labour what are the weekly earnings of the men who are on strike at Port Talbot; what is the size of the wage increase claimed which is the subject of dispute; and if he...
asked the Minister of Labour the ratio of wholly unemployed girls to unfilled vacancies for girls in Scotland and the Midlands at the latest convenient date
asked the Attorney-General whether he will take steps to make it compulsory for all proceedings to obtain possession of tied cottages to be instituted and tried in the county courts with a view...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he will make a statement on the proposals to be put forward by Her Majesty's Government at the resumed meeting of the Geneva Disarmament...
(by Private Notice) asked the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations and for the Colonies whether he will make a statement about the action Her Majesty's Government are taking to protect...
With your permission, Mr. Speaker, and that of the House, I should like to make a statement on the outcome of the second session of the European Fisheries Conference under the chairmanship of my...
Order for Second Reading read.
[Queen's Recommendation signified]
Ordered, That the Proceedings on the Defence (Transfer of Functions) Bill may be entered upon and proceeded with at this day's Sitting at any hour, though opposed.—[Mr. Hughes-Young.]
Again considered in Committee.
As amended (in the Standing Committee), considered.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. I. Fraser.]
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