Mercher, 12 Chwefror 1964
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
asked the Minister of Transport what arrangement he is making for increasing the width of new motorway central reserves to permit the effective use of rosa multiflora japonica bushes to prevent...
asked the Minister of Transport what steps he intends to improve road communications for The Hartlepools in a westerly direction.
asked the Minister of Transport when he expects work to commence on the western bypass through Gateshead County Borough and Whickham urban district linking up with the new Scotswood Bridge.
asked the Minister of Transport why he has refused the Cleethorpes Borough Council's proposal to enforce a 30 miles per hour limit from Hewitts Circus for the full length of Grimsby Road, and...
asked the Minister of Transport if he will give instructions for the immediate construction of the bypass at Holton-le-Clay, near Grimsby, in view of the increasing number of serious and fatal...
asked the Minister of Transport when he expects to receive the report from Messrs. Scott and Wilson, Kirkpatrick and Partners with regard to the present and future trunk road requirements in the...
asked the Minister of Transport what stage has been reached in his consideration of the possible adjustment of parking meter charges; and what procedure is to be adopted regarding the...
asked the Minister of Transport what consideration he is giving to bringing into operation some of the Continental practices devised to prevent road accidents.
asked the Minister of Transport if he will arrange for the instillation of traffic lights on the East Lancashire road, Liverpool, at its junction with Townsend Avenue, in view of the traffic...
asked the Minister of Transport whether he is aware of the delays and congestion at the single-line swing bridge over the canal at Thorne; and what proposals he has for a new bridge suitable for...
asked the Minister of Transport what are his proposals for the A.64 in connection with the construction of a by-pass road at Tadcaster.
asked the Minister of Transport what reply he has given to the communication of 25th November from the Chief Constable of Oldham dealing with dipped headlights in built-up areas.
asked the Minister of Transport what proposals he has for banning private motor vehicles from the centres of certain large sities.
asked the Minister of Transport what estimate has been made of the increase of northbound traffic through Kelvedon Hatch, Essex, since the opening of the Dartford Tunnel; and whether it is...
asked the Minister of Transport whether he will direct the Transport Holding Company that British Road Services should introduce a priority system for export orders.
Mr. Gresham Cooke: asked the Minister of Transport if, in considering methods of relieving traffic congestion in London, he will make a special study of the methods of the Paris Metro system,...
asked the Minister of Transport what was the total number of private cars registered in the names of private individuals and of firms and companies, respectively, in 1963.
asked the Minister of Transport what steps he took between January and December, 1963, by issuing general directions to, and by consulting with, the Railways Board and other appropriate bodies,...
asked the Minister of Transport whether he will make the use of undipped headlights in daytime in fog compulsory.
asked the Minister of Transport how the discussions on parking law simplification are proceeding; and if he will make a statement.
asked the Minister of Transport what further studies are being undertaken into the traffic induced by the extensive construction of off-street car parks in town centres and its relation to the...
asked the Minister of Transport what estimates are now available of the likely costs of implementing fully the recommendations of the Buchanan Report over the period of the next 25 years.
asked the Minister of Transport when a reply was sent by him to the letter, dated 7th August, 1963, from the representatives of the trustees of Tinsley Methodist Church in Sheffield relating to...
Mr. Gresham Cooke: asked the Minister of Transport when he intends to bring into operation Section 192 of the Road Traffic Act, 1960, requiring the drivers of heavy goods vehicles to be...
asked the Minister of Transport if he will give a general direction, in the public interest, to the British Waterways Board to dispose of unwanted stretches of canal on favourable terms to...
asked the Minister of Transport whether he is aware that motorists whose vehicles are the property of a partnership or a company seldom know that drivers of such vehicles are not covered for...
asked the Minister of Transport what recent progress has been made in negotiations with other maritime nations in an effort to curb restrictive shipping practices such as flag reservation, flag...
asked the Minister of Transport what consultation took place between his Department and the Elder Brethren of Trinity House before the latter took the decision to move the lights at the entrance...
asked the Minister of Transport what is the tonnage of British oil tankers and dry cargo vessels now being repaired in foreign shipyards.
asked the Minister of Transport (1) what information he has received, under Section 56(8) of the Transport Act, 1962, regarding objections lodged with the appropriate area Transport Users'...
asked the Minister of Transport in what form, printed or otherwise, he receives reports from transport users' consultative committees on hardship.
asked the Minister of Transport if he will give an undertaking that where bus services have been provided to replace a closed railway service those bus services will not be subsequently withdrawn.
asked the Minister of Transport what is his estimate of the savings following the closure of the Leek to Stoke-on-Trent railway line; and what are his estimates of the social and economic costs...
With permission, I wish to make a statement about the expansion of overseas service by young volunteers. In the urgent attack on world poverty one of our greatest contributions is men and women...
3.45 p.m.
Bill to make it illegal to sell packets of cigarettes which are not clearly marked with a warning of the health hazards which arise from smoking, presented accordingly and read the First time; to...
3.52 p.m.
[Queen's Recommendation signified]
Considered in Committee.
Resolved,That any Act of the present Session to amend the law relating to General Commissioners for the Purposes of the income tax and their clerks and officers of Inland Revenue and to transfer...
Order for Second Reading read.
[Queen's Recommendation signified]
7.7 p.m.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. R. W. Elliott.]
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