Iau, 20 Chwefror 1964
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
asked the Minister of Education what research and experimental work has been undertaken by his Department on teaching machines.
asked the Minister of Education if he is satisfied that the teaching of English grammar and English literature are receiving sufficient priority in primary and secondary modern schools; and if he...
asked the Minister of Education how many secondary schools have no careers teachers.
asked the Minister of Education whether he will consider siting a college of advanced technology in the Weymouth area.
asked the Minister of Education, in view of the 40 per cent. failure rate, representing over 3,000 failed candidates in part one of the mechanical enegineering craft practice course of the City...
asked the Minister of Education what progress has been made in investigating the use of a computer for central library cataloguing as recommended by the Baker Working Party on Inter-Library...
asked the Minister of Education if he is aware that any person may open a private school without inquiry as to his qualifications or background; and whether he will seek to amend the law in this...
asked the Minister of Education whether he will consider reducing the limit of two miles before the school bus system operates in remote rural areas, where there is no form of public transport.
asked the Minister of Education what progress has been made with the consideration of negotiating machinery for the remuneration of teachers.
asked the Minister of Education if he will seek power to require independent schools, where appropriate, to accept the same quota for teachers as is imposed on maintained schools.
asked the Minister of Education how much money will be allocated to the West Riding County Council for school building purposes for the years 1964–65, 1965–66, 1966–67, and...
asked the Minister of Education what decision he has now reached on whether to introduce legislation whereby parents of handicapped children are able to apply for a maintenance grant when the...
asked the Minister of Education to what extent attention is drawn in schools to the danger of smoking and the personal and social liabilities arising from the early consumption of alcoholic drinks.
asked the Minister of Education how many children in the county of Essex qualified for grammar school education but are attending independent schools for this purpose; what is the number of...
asked the Minister of Education whether he will now give authority for the expenditure required for the building of premises for a county youth centre and gymnasium at the Littleover County...
Mr. J. Wells: asked the Minister of Education what steps he is taking to establish a closer integration between teacher training and the practice of teaching.
asked the Minister of Education what progress has been made in the improved methods of teaching English and in the discussions with the United States on the co-ordination of the development of...
asked the Minister of Education how many swimming pools have been built by each of the education authorities in England and Wales, respectively; and what encouragement is given by his Department...
asked the Minister of Education what further increases he will now make in school building in London.
asked the Minister of Education what steps are taken to bring to the notice of practising teachers the results of the research work of all kinds sponsored by his Department.
asked the Minister of Education what steps he has taken, since he decided to raise the school-leaving age, to set in motion a study of the detailed recommendations of the Newsom Committee and...
asked the Secretary of State for Air if he will make a statement about the circumstances in which four Royal Air Force policemen in Nicosia were ordered to enter the city unarmed and with no...
asked the Secretary of State for Air why he has allowed the Navy, Army and Air Force Institute to install a petrol filling station at Leeming Aerodrome where there are a number of local garages...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will advise the use of the Royal Prerogative of Mercy in the case of Miss Pat Arrowsmith, who was fined on grounds of obstruction for...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what facilities are being given to enable police officers of British nationality, now being declared redundant by new African States, to...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will amend the Act relating to political expenditure for election purposes so as to prevent business undertakings circulating...
asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of the continuing rate of migration from Scotland, he will review the co-ordinating machinery designed to deal with this problem.
asked the Prime Minister whether he will advise the appointment of a Royal Commission to examine the ways in which the English law relating to salmon poaching can be made equivalent to the...
asked the Prime Minister if, in order to ensure co-ordination of economic policies, he will instruct Ministers responsible for the nationalised industries not to set profitability targets which...
asked the Prime Minister if he will arrange for a relaxation of the 50-year rule governing access by serious historians to Cabinet papers.
asked the Prime Minister if he wilt seek to call a meeting of Commonwealth Prime Ministers to discuss a concerted plan of action to deal with the imminent threat to the rule of law in Africa, in...
asked the Prime Minister if he will make a statement on his discussions with Mr. Winston Field; and whether he has accepted his demand for independence for Southern Rhodesia without an agreed...
asked the Prime Minister whether he will inquire into the voting position of members of the Stourbridge Council who, because they are council house tenants, are prevented from voting on housing...
asked the Prime Minister whether he will propose to President Johnson that a conference should be called in Geneva in the very early future to consider the situation in Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam.
(by Private Notice)asked the secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations whether he will make a statement about the request of the Zanzibar Government for the United Kingdom High Commissioner...
Mr. H. Wilson: May I ask the Leader of the House whether he will state the business of the House for next week?
Order for Second Reading read.
Resolution reported,That, for the purposes of any Act of the present Session to make provision for expediting the completion of payments under the War Damage Act 1943, the War Damage (Public...
Considered in Committee.
Question proposed, That the Clause stand part of the Bill.
Question proposed, That the Clause stand part of the Bill.
5.58 p.m.
9.16 p.m.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. MacArthur.]
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