Iau, 30 Ionawr 1964
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Read a Second time and referred to the Examiners of Petitions for Private Bills.
asked the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations when the unexpended portion of the contribution of £2,875,000 from Colonial development and welfare funds towards the University of...
asked the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations what action is to be taken on the material dealing with economic development and its financing, prepared in accordance with the decision of...
asked the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations what Commonwealth countries are participating in the projected Commonwealth Art Exhibition in this country.
asked the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations why economic aid from this country to independent Commonwealth countries fell to a total of £23·1 million in the first half of...
asked the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations whether he has now considered the representations conveyed to him regard- ing the pensions of Central African federal public servants; and...
asked the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations what communications he has received from the Government of Tanganyika in respect of British military or civilian residents in Tanganyika;...
asked the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations if he will make a statement about the detention of Dr. Dennis Osborne, who is a United Kingdom citizen, by the Ghana Government.
asked the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations what prior warnings he received of the danger to British lives caused by the recent overthrow of the Zanzibar Government and the recent...
asked the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations what information he has as to the where-abouts of Miss Diana N. Smith, a British subject employed as a nursing sister in a hospital in...
asked the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations what consultations he has had with Commonwealth countries with a view to their assisting the British troops in Cyprus.
asked the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations what decisions were reached in the official discussions with Mr. Winston Field, Prime Minister of Southern Rhodesia, regarding the future...
asked the Secretary of State for Industry, Trade and Regional Development (1) how far he has proceeded with the delimitation and designation of a Yorkshire regional planning area; (2) if he is...
asked the Secretary of State for Industry, Trade and Regional Development what was the amount of exports, of pedigree livestock to Russia and the Eastern European countries in the last 12 months;...
asked the Secretary of State for Industry, Trade and Regional Development what decision he has come to on the recommendations in paragraph 1066 of the Monopolies Commission's Report on the Supply...
asked the Secretary of State for Industry, Trade and Regional Development what action he has taken, in accordance with the Montreal Conference of 1958, to encourage British finance and...
asked the Secretary of State for Industry, Trade and Regional Development if he will state the number of firms in the Blyth constituency which made applications for Board of Trade Advisory...
asked the Secretary of State for Industry, Trade and Regional Development if he will give details of the way in which the shares of British Lion Films Ltd. have appreciated in such a way that...
asked the Prime Minister what steps are being taken to co-ordinate the actions of the Minister for Science, the Minister of Health and the Postmaster-General in securing an agreed programme of...
asked the Prime Minister if he will move to appoint a Select Committee to consider standardising the law and practice relating to the exercise of responsibility by individuals in public life in...
asked the Prime Minister why permission was given to Mr. Randolph Churchill to see a Cabinet Paper.
asked the Prime Minister which regional agency has the responsibility for seeking a peaceful settlement of the dispute over Cyprus, in accordance with Articles 33 and 52–54 of the United...
asked the Prime Minister if he is satisfied that the rights of the individual to appear before statutory public inquiries of all kinds are safeguarded and are not frustrated by being made...
asked the Prime Minister on what date the Committee which he appointed to inquire into salaries of Ministers and Members of Parliament and related matters first met; and how many meetings they...
asked the Prime Minister why he will not introduce legislation to provide that the office of Prime Minister shall in future only be held by a person who has secured a majority of votes in the...
asked the Prime Minister by what authority a Government intelligence officer gave an interview concerning Tanganyika which appeared in the Daily Telegraph on 23rd January, 1964.
Mr. H. Wilson: May I ask the Leader of the House whether he will state the business of the House for next week?
Resolution reported,That, for the purposes of any Act of the present Session to extend the meaning of the word "child" in the Family Allowances Acts, the National Insurance Acts and the National...
Considered in Committee.
3.50 p.m.
I beg to move, in page 2, line 24, at the end to insert: In relation to children over five years of age the figures in columns 3, 4 and 5 of this table shall have effect with the addition to each...
5.30 p.m.
Section 17 of the National Insurance Act 1946 (Widow's Benefit) shall be amended by the addition of the following words, "and in the case of a widow's deferred pension, if (subject to the...
Section 1 of and the First Schedule to the Family Allowances and National Insurance Act, 1961 (which make provision for new supplementation of Workmen's Compensation for post-1923 cases) shall...
Ordered,That the Proceedings on the Family Allowances and National Insurance 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.
A widow's basic pension to which a woman has become or becomes entitled by virtue of paragraph (2) of regulation 7 of the National Insurance (Pensions, Existing Beneficiaries and other persons)...
Resolution reported,That, for the purposes of any Act of the present Session to make provision with respect to the administration of justice in the metropolitan area, it is expedient to...
Ordered,That notwithstanding anything in paragraph (2) of Standing Order No. 59 (Standing Committees (Constitution and Powers)), Clause 56 of and Schedule 6 to the Police Bill shall be considered...
Motion made and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. MacArthur.]
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