Mercher, 25 Tachwedd 1964
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster who are the present members of the advisory committee on the appointment of magistrates in the county palatine, including the county borough of Oldham.
asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster which social services he is responsible for co-ordinating.
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether it is still the policy of Her Majesty's Government to look into the problem of farmers who have now become ineligible to receive the...
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what steps are to be taken by his Department to control the division of large farms into small uneconomic units by agricultural land speculators.
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what additional information he now needs to reach a decision on the size of the grant he will make to the Ravensbourne River flood prevention...
Mr. J. E. B. Hill: asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food who and where are his official advisers on forestry matters.
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will define the term, small farmer.
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he will amend the current practice of withholding grant from highly specialised farm buildings.
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will take steps to control injections given to animals before slaughter for the purpose of ensuring that the consumer receives tender meat.
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what articles of farm machinery and equipment, fertilisers and feedingstuffs are affected by the 15 per cent. import surcharge; and what is...
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when he intends to introduce legislation to prohibit the export of live animals for slaughter.
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will specify the steps which are being taken to reduce to a minimum avoidable interference with the fishing industry following drilling...
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he is satisfied that placing a tag on the ear of an animal is the most satisfactory record of vaccination; and what plans he has to...
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when he will publish the report of the technical committee which is inquiring into conditions in intensive systems of livestock husbandry.
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he is aware of the growing concern at the scale of fines awarded in foreign courts against British trawlers alleged to be poaching, on...
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what action he will take to improve the market for next year's crop of home-grown early potatoes.
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when he expects to receive the report of the Wise Committee; and whether he will make a statement on the future of county council smallholdings.
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, whether he is satisfied with the present level of butter and cheese production; and what steps he will take to increase it with a view to...
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what steps he is taking to improve Anglo-Soviet relations by encouraging an exchange of visits by working farmers to study farming methods in...
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what information he has on the merits of Charolais cattle for the purposes for which they were imported; what demand there is now for semen...
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food why it is impossible to convert the consumption of meat and poultry into a carcase weight equivalent.
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many abattoirs in England and Wales have not yet reached the standards laid down in the Slaughterhouses Act, 1958.
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will give the number of licences granted to gangmasters in each of the last five years in the counties of Norfolk, Cambridgeshire and...
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what official consultations he had with Denmark on the Anglo-Danish Bacon Agreement during the European Free Trade Association talks at Geneva.
asked the Minister of Agriculture Fisheries and Food what plans he now has for increasing the production of beef in the United Kingdom.
Mr. Gresham Cooke: asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he is aware of the researches of the Meteorological Office into the climatological trends and cycles in the...
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when his Department expects to be able to give clearance for dairy farming to Jull and Son of Roberts Farm, Smarden, Kent, who have been...
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what consideration he has now given to freeing Channel Islands milk from price control; and if he will make a statement.
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will introduce regulations prohibiting the use in food of all dyes not proved to be harmless, pending the results of the complete...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will re-examine as a matter of urgency the provision of a maternity unit in Glenrothes in Fife.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what evidence he has of exploitation in house rents in Scotland; and what steps he intends to take to eradicate this.
Mr. Edward M. Taylor: asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what approach he has received from the Scottish Schoolmasters' Association to meet representatives of that Association; and what...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he has received the Milne Report on the typhoid outbreak in Aberdeen; whether he intends to publish it; and if he will make a statement.
(by Private Notice) asked the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs if he will make a statement about the latest situation in the Congo with reference to the British subjects involved.
With permission, Mr. Deputy-Speaker, I wish to make a statement. A week ago, I announced the decision of the Government to impose an embargo on the shipment of arms to South Africa. I said that...
I will, with permission, make a statement about the arrangements for allocating trooping work among civil airline operators. In the past, the Air Corporations have been excluded from tendering...
I understand that the hon. Member for Devon, North (Mr. Thorpe) wishes to raise a point of order with me.
Order for Second Reading read.
[Queen's Recommendation signified]
10.1 p.m.
10.10 p.m.
Estimates Committee nominated: Mr. Gordon A. T. Bagier, Mr. Cyril Bence, Mr. Peter Bessell, Mr. Arthur Blenkinsop, Sir Edward Boyle, Dr. Jeremy Bray, Mr. Robert Cooke, Mr. A. E. Cooper, Sir...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Whitlock.]
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