29 March 1955

Commons Sitting of 29 March 1955

  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
    1. MINISTRY OF WORKS
      1. Golf School, Regent's Park 97 words
      2. Ancient Monuments, Great Chesterford 151 words
      3. Nuclear Power Stations (Study Teams) 112 words
      4. Atomic Energy Authority (Libraries) 73 words
      5. St. George's Day (Flag) 209 words
      6. Hyde Park (Access Tunnels) 179 words
      7. Traffic, Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park 166 words
      8. Brickmaking Experiments (Application) 127 words
    2. PALACE OF WESTMINSTER
      1. Commons Chamber (Acoustics) 184 words
      2. Temperature Control 138 words
      3. Glass Ash Trays 150 words
      4. New Palace Yard (Surface) 118 words
      5. RESEARCH
        1. Medical Research (Cat Stealing) 495 words
        2. Nuclear Weapon Tests (Genetic Effects) 243 words
        3. London Atmosphere (Radioactive Content) 360 words
        4. Radiobiological Research, Harwell 300 words
      6. BRITISH ARMY
        1. Personal Case 268 words
        2. Anti-aircraft Site, Dartford Heath 121 words
        3. Waringfield Military Hospital, County Down 90 words
        4. Barracks and Military Hospitals, Northern Ireland 149 words
        5. Sites, Gibraltar (Civil Development) 268 words
        6. 645 Light A.A. Regiment (Headquarters) 87 words
        7. Infantry Boys' Battalion, Plymouth 660 words
        8. Wellington Barracks, Bury (Medical Arrangements) 76 words
        9. Nutrition Adviser (Advertisement) 313 words
        10. Boys' Units (Report) 161 words
        11. Member's Letters (Replies) 305 words
        12. Bandsman's Death (Court of Inquiry) 187 words
        13. Regular Soldiers (Physical Standards) 230 words
        14. Malaya and South-East Asia (Defence) 294 words
        15. Web Equipment Renovator 340 words
        16. Anti-Aircraft Command 96 words
      7. NUCLEAR RADIATION (MEDICAL ASPECTS) 191 words
      8. COTTON TEXTILE INDUSTRY (DEPUTATION) 615 words
      9. FOUR-POWER TALKS 305 words
      10. TRADE AND COMMERCE
        1. Cutlery Exports (American Tariff Rates) 167 words
        2. Cotton Textile Industry (Deputation) 208 words
        3. Unemployment Survey, North-West Wales 330 words
        4. Australian Import Restrictions 435 words
        5. Monopolies Commission 177 words
        6. G.A.T.T. (Revised Text) 41 words
        7. Merchandise (Quality Marks) 228 words
        8. Overseas Tenders (Prices) 108 words
        9. Newsprint and Paper Stocks 590 words
  4. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 150 words
  5. ORDERS OF THE DAY
    1. EARL LLOYD-GEORGE OF DWYFOR (MONUMENT) 113 words
  6. CROFTERS (SCOTLAND) BILL 57 words
    1. Clause 16. —(VACANT CROFTS.) 1,127 words
    2. Clause 1.—(CONSTITUTION AND GENERAL FUNCTIONS OF CROFTERS COMMISSION.) 6,171 words
    3. Clause 2.—(PARTICULAR POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE COMMISSION.) 941 words
    4. Clause 10.—(BEQUEST OF CROFT.) 648 words
    5. Clause 16. —(VACANT CROFTS.) 366 words
    6. Clause 17.—(ABSENTEE CROFTERS.) 645 words
  7. ROYAL ASSENT 134 words
  8. CROFTERS (SCOTLAND) BILL 4 words
  9. Clause 17.—(ABSENTEE CROFTERS.) 3,028 words
  10. Clause 18.—(AGED CROFTERS.) 747 words
  11. Clause 23.—(SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS AC TO LOANS.) 15 words
  12. Clause 28.—(PROVISIONS AS TO COTTARS.) 184 words
  13. Clause 39.—(TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS AND SAVINGS.) 6,218 words
  14. PENSIONS (INDIA, PAKISTAN AND BURMA) [MONEY] 352 words
  15. PENSIONS (INDIA, PAKISTAN AND BURMA) BILL 20 words
    1. Clause 3.-(EXTENSION TO CERTAIN PERSONS AND PENSIONS OF PROVISIONS IN SUPERANNUATION ACT, 1949, AND PENSIONS (INCREASE) ACTS.) 746 words
    2. Second Schedule 611 words
  16. WAYS AND MEANS [24th March]
    1. ISLE OF MAN (CUSTOMS) 46 words
  17. ISLE OF MAN (CUSTOMS) BILL 9 words
    1. Clause 1.—(CONFIRMATION OF TYNWALD RESOLUTIONS.) 1,747 words
    2. Clause 2.—(REMOVAL OF CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS ON DISPOSITION OF PROCEEDS OF CUSTOMS DUTIES.) 735 words
  18. INDUSTRIAL INJURIES (COLLIERY WORKERS) 586 words
  19. WAYS AND MEANS 9 words
  20. REQUISITIONED HOUSES 806 words
  21. CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS (HARMFUL PUBLICATIONS) BILL 12 words
    1. Clause 3.-(POWER TO SEARCH FOR, AND DISPOSE OF, WORKS TO WHICH THIS ACT APPLIES AND ARTICLES FOR PRINTING THEM.) 3,438 words
    2. Clause 4.—(PROHIBITION OF IMPORTATION OF WORKS TO WHICH THIS ACT APPLIES AND ARTICLES FOR PRINTING THEM.) 5,837 words
    3. Clause 5.—(SHORT TITLE, INTERPRETATION, EXTENT AND COMMENCEMENT.) 1,780 words
    4. New Clause.—(RIGHT TO BE HEARD IN COURT.) 2,573 words
    5. New Clause.—(ADMISSIBLE EVIDENCE.) 1,561 words
    6. New Clause.—(DEFENCE BEFORE COURT.) 256 words
  22. WIRELESS AND TELEVISION (INTERFERENCE) 6,401 words
  23. BRITISH MILITARY CEMETERY, JERUSALEM 2,150 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 29 March 1955

  1. MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL (RADIATION) 109 words
  2. MINISTRY OF WORKS
    1. British Embassy, Liberia 99 words
    2. Offices, Washington and New Delhi (Expenditure) 175 words
  3. COMMONWEALTH WAR MEMORIAL, BAYEUX
    1. COMMONWEALTH WAR MEMORIAL, BAYEUX 66 words
  4. BRITISH ARMY
    1. Barn Fire Accident, Austria (Inquiry) 102 words
    2. Gun Sites, Breconshire 78 words
  5. TRADE AND COMMERCE
    1. Factory Building, Scotland 48 words
    2. Hire-purchase Agreements (Misrepresentation) 112 words
    3. Umbrellas 131 words
    4. Overseas Tenders (Prices) 84 words
  6. NATIONAL FINANCE
    1. Australian Import Cuts 165 words
    2. Public Servants Pensioners Council (Deputation) 83 words
  7. NATIONAL SMOKE ABATEMENT SOCIETY
    1. NATIONAL SMOKE ABATEMENT SOCIETY 94 words
  8. HISTORIC BUILDING LISTS, NORTHERN COUNTIES
    1. HISTORIC BUILDING LISTS, NORTHERN COUNTIES 103 words
  9. HOUSING
    1. Completions, Manchester 79 words
    2. Land, Bristol (Public Inquiry) 65 words
    3. Derequisitioned Property, Hackney 67 words
  10. LOCAL GOVERNMENT
    1. Private Street Works 167 words
    2. Rating Valuations (Retailers' Representations) 86 words
    3. Town and Country Planning Act (Compensation Payments) 122 words
    4. Housing Costs and Loan Charges 162 words
    5. Harlow (Exchequer Advances) 68 words
    6. Exchequer Equalisation Grants 84 words
  11. EMPLOYMENT
    1. Manchester 241 words
    2. Motor Industry 97 words
    3. Short-Time Working, Lancashire 108 words
  12. NATIONAL SERVICE (POLICE CADETS)
    1. NATIONAL SERVICE (POLICE CADETS) 76 words
  13. CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION (FACTORY INSPECTORATE)
    1. CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION (FACTORY INSPECTORATE) 92 words
  14. SCOTLAND
    1. Swedish Timber Houses 157 words
    2. New Industries, Cumbernauld 55 words
    3. Sheep Losses 200 words
    4. Bus Shelters 62 words
    5. Stranded Whales (Disposal) 114 words
    6. Food Poisoning 73 words
    7. Housing (Certificates of Disrepair) 291 words
  15. DISARMAMENT SUB-COMMITTEE MEETINGS (STATEMENTS)
    1. DISARMAMENT SUB-COMMITTEE MEETINGS (STATEMENTS) 131 words
  16. FORMOSA (SITUATION)
    1. FORMOSA (SITUATION) 92 words
  17. INTER-GOVERNMENTAL COMMITTEE FOR EUROPEAN MIGRATION
    1. INTER-GOVERNMENTAL COMMITTEE FOR EUROPEAN MIGRATION 72 words
  18. FAROE ISLANDS (FISHERY LIMITS)
    1. FAROE ISLANDS (FISHERY LIMITS) 153 words
  19. COAL SUPPLIES, BLETCHLEY
    1. COAL SUPPLIES, BLETCHLEY 59 words
  20. WAR PENSIONS
    1. WAR PENSIONS 207 words
  21. AGRICULTURE (TUBERCULOSIS ERADICATION AREAS)
    1. AGRICULTURE (TUBERCULOSIS ERADICATION AREAS) 100 words
  22. FISHING INDUSTRY (QUICK FREEZING EQUIPMENT)
    1. FISHING INDUSTRY (QUICK FREEZING EQUIPMENT) 55 words
  23. TANGANYIKA (MWANZA AFRICAN UNION BRANCH)
    1. TANGANYIKA (MWANZA AFRICAN UNION BRANCH) 91 words
  24. NEW SCHOOLS
    1. NEW SCHOOLS 87 words
  25. MANCHESTER AIRPORT (FUTURE)
    1. MANCHESTER AIRPORT (FUTURE) 214 words

Lords Sitting of 29 March 1955

  1. Preamble 16 words
  2. Prayers
    1. SAINT STEPHEN COLEMAN STREET BILL [H.L.] 9 words
    2. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 88 words
    3. CONSOLIDATED FUND BILL 73 words
    4. NATIONAL SERVICE BILL 28 words
    5. TRUSTEE SAVINGS BANKS (PENSIONS) BILL 25 words
    6. RURAL WATER SUPPLIES AND SEWERAGE BILL 7 words
    7. IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM BILL 7 words
    8. UNIVERSITY OF HULL BILL [H.L.] 6 words
    9. COUNTY COURTS BILL 14,593 words
    10. ROYAL COMMISSION 71 words

Written Answers (Lords) of 29 March 1955

  1. NEW B.O.A.C. AIRCRAFT 553 words
  2. FATAL ACCIDENTS TO R.A.F. PILOTS 173 words