Mercher, 6 Mai 1964
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
[Queen's Consent, on behalf of the Crown, signified]
Read a Second time and committed.
Read the Third time and passed.
asked the Minister without Portfolio if he will introduce legislation to formalise the procedure of the Press Council, and in particular, to permit individuals to state their defence before a...
asked the Minister without Portfolio what services he provides for foreign scientists visiting Great Britain.
asked the Minister of Transport if he will give a general direction, in the public interest, to the Railways Board not to sell any more of its railway houses.
asked the Minister of Transport if he will give a general direction, in the public interest, to the Railways Board not to lift the rails of any branch or main railway line until a comprehensive...
asked the Minister of Transport if he will seek to amend the Transport Act, 1962, in such a way that Members of Parliament can obtain detailed information from the Railways Board for...
Mr. J. Wells: asked the Minister of Transport when security wardens were introduced at main-line railway stations; how many there are; what is the total cost of this corps; and by what sum...
asked the Minister of Transport (1) what action he proposes to take as a result of the report made to him following the Transport Users' Consultative Committee's hearing in Inverurie on 10th...
asked the Minister of Transport (1) in view of the implications of the White Paper on the North-East that an increasing number of people will have to travel to work from South-West Durham to the...
asked the Minister of Transport if he has yet received the report of the Transport Users' Consultative Committee following the hearing at Whitley Bay on Thursday, 19th March in regard to the...
asked the Minister of Transport whether he will appoint a committee of independent experts to study what new financial structure may be required to improve standards of public transport in urban...
asked the Minister of Transport how many prosecutions were instituted in 1961, 1962 and 1963, respectively, against C licence holders for using their vehicles in a manner other than that...
asked the Minister of Transport if he will move to amend Section 203 of the Road Traffic Act, 1960, to provide that no person or body of persons carrying on motor vehicle insurance in Great...
asked the Minister of Transport if he will give a general direction, in the public interest, to the London Transport Board to provide non-smoking accommodation on buses running between airports...
asked the Minister of Transport if he is yet able to estimate what the public response has been to his "Give way to the right" signs at selected roundabouts; and if he will make a statement.
asked the Minister of Transport what further systems of tidal flow and other experiments in traffic engineering he is considering introducing in the west and east London areas with a view to...
asked the Minister of Transport whether he will break down the figures, contained in the statement issued by his Department, that some 60 fatal accidents on the roads had occurred during the...
asked the Minister of Transport if he is aware that under the existing law a motorist who is overcome by sleep so that he is unable properly to control his vehicle is committing an offence if he...
Mr. Vane: asked the Minister of Transport if he will give a general direction, in the public interest, to the London Transport Board to include in the information given at bus stops in London,...
asked the Minister of Transport if he will state the total number of traffic examiners of the licensing authorities, the number of silent checks they have made in respect of goods vehicles over a...
asked the Minister of Transport what research is being undertaken into the advantages of substituting sliding doors for opening doors on the off side of road vehicles.
Mr. Gresham Cooke: asked the Minister of Transport what research is being carried out on running buses on propane gas; and whether, in the interest of lessened noise and lessened exhaust fumes,...
The Earl of Dalkeith: asked the Minister of Transport, what further steps he will take to publicise the advisability of using headlights in motor vehicles in conditions of daytime fog.
asked the Minister of Transport if he is aware that the A.635 and A.638 link major export industries in the West Riding with the A.1; and if he will state his plans for their early improvement.
asked the Minister of Transport when he expects that the discussions now proceeding between his Department and the Worcestershire County Council surveyor as to the route to be followed by the...
asked the Minister of Transport when the A.184 road from Sunderland to Newcastle will be improved.
asked the Minister of Transport at what point construction of the first stretch of the Lancashire and Yorkshire motorway will commence; and when this construction will start.
asked the Minister of Transport whether he will now make a statement on the Thorne by-pass scheme near Doncaster.
asked the Minister of Transport which design he has chosen for the new Calder Bridge, near Wakefield.
asked the Minister of Transport if he will take steps to expedite the construction of the Keynsham by-pass in north Somerset.
asked the Minister of Transport in view of local concern in the Borough of Leyton, what revision of plans has taken place in respect of the Eastern Avenue extension through that borough and of...
asked the Minister of Transport what negotiations have now taken place between his Department and the ports of Bristol and Newport, arising out of the Rochdale Report; and if he will give an...
asked the Minister of Transport if he is aware that a large number of deck apprentices fail to complete their training because of the lack of facilities for promotion; and if he will introduce...
asked the Lord Privy Seal, in view of the fact that the Secretary of State for Defence now answers Questions which were previously answered on four separate occasions, and that the Secretary of...
In the course of a supplementary question which I asked of the Minister of Health on Monday I referred to "slum conditions" in the Royal Eye Hospital, St. George's Circus, London, S.E.1. I wish...
Bill to strengthen the law for preventing the publication for gain of obscene matter and the publication of things intended for the production of obscene matter, presented by Mr. Brooke;...
Ordered,That this day Business other than the Business of Supply may be taken before Ten o'clock.—[Mr. Selwyn Lloyd.]
Health Services in Wales and Monmouthshire, being a matter relating exclusively to Wales and Monmouthshire, referred to the Welsh Grand Committee for their consideration.—[Mr. Selwyn Lloyd.]
[16TH ALLOTTED DAY]
3.33 p.m.
8.7 p.m.
[Queen's Recommendation signified]
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Peel.]
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