Mercher, 29 Ionawr 1964
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Second Reading deferred till Tuesday next.
Read a Second time and committed.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what has been the reduction in Government housing subsidies per thousand four-apartment houses built by local authorities, comparing 1951 with 1962.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what steps he is taking to provide primary school accommodation in the new town of Cumbernauld.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will state the total amount of Government grant which will be given to the Scottish Tourist Board for 1964–65 and for 1965–66.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the number of persons held in prison before trial in 1962; what was the average period for which they were so held; and what proportion of such...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many hydroelectricity schemes undertaken by the North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board have proceeded without public inquiry.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what action has been taken on the plan for Central Scotland, and on what parts of the plan; what are the planned priorities; and what is the estimated...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what hospitals were substantially rebuilt in 1963.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what arrangements are contemplated for the distribution of milk in marginal and upland rural areas where the only distributors at present are...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he is aware that a mass meeting of upland farmers from Orkney, Caithness, Sutherland. Ross-shire, Inverness-shire, Argyllshire, Banffshire and...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will state the number and amount of agricultural grants and deficiency payments refused to Scottish farmers in respect of season 1963 on account of...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he has decided on the regulations to govern fishing within the six mile limit round the Scottish coast under the draft Convention drawn up at the...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give priority to the building of a dual carriageway between the Forth and Tay road bridges.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what consultations he has had with the South-Eastern Regional Hospital Board which, in a letter to hospital boards of management, has stated that two...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what estimate he has made of the number of additional general medical practitioners which would be required in Scotland if the present permitted maximum...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the latest available figure for houses under construction in Scotland.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how the yield of sugar per acre in the Cupar sugar beet factory area compares, over the last three years, with the rest of the United Kingdom factory areas.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he is aware of the concern of Scottish farmers regarding the working of the Winter Keep Scheme; how many appeals have been made regarding the...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many organisations have been invited to submit nominations for membership of the proposed Scottish Tourist Amenities Councils; how many individual...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what estimate he has made of the approximate cost of improving the Stranraer to Ayr road, A.77, to trunk road standards.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he will publish a development plan for Galloway and South-West Scotland on the lines of that produced for Central Scotland.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he has now completed his review of the effectiveness of the Air Guns and Shot Guns Act in its first year; and what further measures he proposes.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what areas have been designated as national parks; in what year they were so designated; and what proposals he has to establish facilities for recreation...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland, when the unit for the treatment of, and research into, rheumatological diseases in Glasgow will be in operation.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland when he proposes to announce his decision on the proposed payment of £50 above the scale to teachers in certain areas of Scotland.
The following Questions stood upon the Order Paper:
3.49 p.m.
Bill to facilitate the resumption or renunciation of citizenship of the United Kingdom and Colonies, presented by Mr. Brooke, supported by Mr. Sandys, the Attorney-General, Mr. Woodhouse, and...
3.55 p.m.
Bill to provide for the payment of compensation or injury or damage caused by animals straying on the highways, presented accordingly and read the First time to be read a Second time upon Friday,...
Order for Second Reading read.
[Queen's Recommendation signified]
Not amended (in the Standing Committee) considered.
Resolution reported,That, for the purposes of any Act of this Session to make fresh provision respecting the limits on the amount of the advances which may be made to development corporations...
Considered in Committee.
8.12 p.m.
[28th January]
That it is expedient to authorise the payment into the Exchequer of any moneys received by the Minister of Power under any Act of the present Session to make provision as to the exploration and...
Motion made and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. R. W. Elliott.]
9.25 p.m.
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