Mawrth, 4 Rhagfyr 1973
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Order for Second Reading read.
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if, before the next review of the level of the earnings rule for retirement pensioners, he will institute an inquiry into the working of the rule.
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether, in view of the report by the Industrial Injuries Advisory Council on occupational deafness, he will introduce a scheme for the...
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what recent representations he has received about the problem of battered babies.
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services when he expects to receive the report of the Joint Working Group on Breast Cancer Screening.
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will intervene with a view to assisting to resolve the difficulties which have arisen in making senior staff appointments to the reorganised...
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services on what day he proposes to make his further statement about the future of speech therapy services.
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services why he refuses to exercise his power to grant financial aid to the Little Sisters of the Poor, Plymouth Grove, Manchester.
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether he will seek powers to provide a grant towards the cost of organising a scheme under which families will be asked to provide company and...
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services to what extent the cuts in public expenditure announced on 8th October will affect the work being carried out on the new Hallan Hospital at West...
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether he will again consider the direct reimbursement to pharmacists of costs associated with the collection and delivery of prescriptions in...
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will introduce legislation to make it compulsory for drug companies to include on the label of proprietary medicines and tablets a warning...
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is his estimate of the cost of heating a three-up and three-down house in a smokeless zone where there is only one fireplace ; and if he will...
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will agree to meet representatives of the retirement pensioners' organisations.
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will consider issuing temporary pension and family allowance books to cover the period of administrative changes.
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many persons skilled in dispensing hearing aids are employed in the National Health Service ; how many vacancies exist in this sector ; and if...
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is his estimate of the cost of supplementary benefits for children payable during the week ending 25th December.
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what percentage increase hospitals have been instructed to place on prices of staff meals since 31st March 1973.
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he has replied to a letter from the London borough of Ealing concerning boundaries of area health authorities, dated 5th October ; and if he...
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will extend the provision of the constant attendance allowances so as to provide for kidney patients receiving dialysis treatment.
asked the Prime Minister if he will pay an official visit to Newquay.
asked the Prime Minister if the speech of the Home Secretary made at Carshalton on 17th November on economic matters represents Government policy.
asked the Prime Minister whether the broadcast of the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry on "The World at One" on Tuesday 13th November, on the trade figures, represents the policy of Her...
asked the Prime Minister if he will appoint a second Treasury Minister to his Cabinet with responsibility for the curtailment of public expenditure.
asked the Prime Minister when he next proposes to pay an official visit to Derbyshire.
asked the Prime Minister whether he is satisfied with the co-ordination between the Department of the Environment and the Department of Social Services in connection with the plight of homeless...
Mr. Charles Pannell, on a matter of privilege.
Mr. Attorney General, supported by Mr. Terence L. Higgins, Mr. Solicitor-General, and Mr. David Lane, presented a Bill) to prevent non-British subjects being prohibited from becoming or...
Mr. Martin McLaren, supported by Mr. Alan Williams, presented a Bill to amend the Mines (Working Facilities and Support) Act 1966 : And the same was read the first time ; and ordered to be read a...
Ordered, That the Unit Pricing Bill be referred to a Second Reading Committee.—[Mr. Fox.]
[4TH ALLOTTED DAY],—considered.
Before I call the right hon. Member for East Ham, North (Mr. Prentice) to move the motion, I want to say this to the House. Certain inquiries and representations have been made to me about the...
Ordered,
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Jopling.]
10.15 p.m.
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