Commons Sitting of 1 July 1954 Series 5 Vol. 529

    c1491
  1. Preamble 8 words
    2. c1491
  2. PRAYERS 5 words
  3. ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
    1. AGRICULTURE
        2. cc1491-2
      1. Rabbit Traps (Committee) 589 words
        2. cc1492-3
      2. Requisitioned Land (Disposal) 358 words
        3. cc1493-4
      3. Service Department Land (Transfers) 232 words
        4. cc1494-5
      4. Agricultural Land Commission (Functions) 216 words
        5. cc1495-6
      5. Flavour of Potatoes (Fertilisers and Insecticides) 515 words
        6. cc1496-7
      6. Crichel Down Inquiry 341 words
        7. cc1497-8
      7. Apprenticeship Scheme 122 words
        8. cc1498-9
      8. Wages Arrears (Prosecutions) 362 words
        9. cc1499-500
      9. Milk Production (Licences) 140 words
        10. c1500
      10. Pig Breeding 143 words
        11. c1500
      11. Hessary Tor Site (Television Station) 110 words
        12. cc1500-1
      12. Atrophic Rhinitis 67 words
        13. cc1501-2
      13. Myxomatosis 566 words
        14. cc1502-3
      14. Calf Subsidies 74 words
        15. c1503
      15. Potato Crop 116 words
      cc1503-4
    2. FOREIGN TRAWLERS (NETS) 395 words
    3. CIVIL DEFENCE
        4. cc1504-6
      1. Hydrogen Bomb 455 words
        2. c1506
      2. Training Pamphlets 165 words
        3. cc1506-7
      3. Scotland 152 words
    4. HOME DEPARTMENT
        5. c1507
      1. Affiliation Orders 51 words
        2. cc1507-16
      2. Dr. Joseph Cort (United Kingdom Residence) 3,451 words
        3. cc1516-7
      3. Fire Brigade Calls (Level-crossing Gates) 136 words
        4. cc1517-8
      4. Crimes of Violence (Youth Gangs) 382 words
        5. cc1518-9
      5. Wandsworth Prison (Overcrowding) 156 words
    cc1519-23
  4. INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS (UNSUITABLE TEACHERS) 1,453 words
    5. cc1523-30
  5. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 2,762 words
    6. cc1531-6
  6. ATOMIC ENERGY AUTHORITY (MEMBERSHIP) 1,795 words
    7. cc1536-40
  7. BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 2,187 words, 1 division
  8. ORDERS OF THE DAY
      9. c1541
    1. MINES AND QUARRIES BILL 10 words
      2. c1541
    2. Clause 4.—(QUALIFICATIONS OF MINE MANAGERS.) 40 words
      3. c1541
    3. Clause 5.—(LIMITATION ON NUMBER OF MINES WHICH A PERSON MAY MANAGE.) 21 words
      4. c1541
    4. Clause 6.—(UNDER-MANAGERS.) 19 words
      5. cc1541-2
    5. Clause 7.—(TEMPORARY APPOINTMENTS DURING VACANCY IN OFFICE OF MINE MANAGER OR UNDER-MANAGER.) 386 words
      6. c1542
    6. Clause 8.—(DAILY SUPERVISION BY MINE. MANAGERS AND UNDER-MANAGERS.) 54 words
      7. cc1542-8
    7. Clause 9.—(CHARGE OF MINE WHERE NEITHER MANAGER NOR ACTING MANAGER NOR UNDER-MANAGER IS PRESENT.) 2,073 words
      8. cc1548-9
    8. Clause 10.—(DUTIES OF MINE MANAGERS WITH RESPECT TO READING OF REPORTS, &C.) 192 words
      9. cc1549-56
    9. Clause 12.—(DEPUTIES.) 3,070 words
      10. cc1557-61
    10. Clause 13.— [OTHER OFFICIALS, ENGINEERS. TECHNICIANS, ETC.) 1,593 words
      11. c1561
    11. Clause 15.—(NOTIFICATION TO DISTRICT INSPECTOR OF APPOINTMENTS BY MINE OWNERS.) 142 words
      12. cc1561-3
    12. Clause 17.—(KEEPING OF PLANS.) 646 words
      13. cc1563-5
    13. Clause 19.—(FAULTY PLANS.) 567 words
      14. cc1565-7
    14. Clause 22.—(PROVISION OF SHAFTS AND OUTLETS IN COAL, &C., MINES.) 1,075 words
      15. c1567
    15. Clause 23.—(COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN SHAFTS AND OUTLETS IN COAL, &C., MINES.) 12 words
      16. cc1567-8
    16. Clause 24.—(LIMITATION ON NUMBER OF PERSONS TO BE EMPLOYED AT COAL, &C., MINES IN PLACES WITH SINGLE EXITS.) 354 words
      17. c1568
    17. Clause 27.—(PROVISION OF WINDING AND HAULAGE APPARATUS.) 15 words
      18. c1569
    18. Clause 29.—(SECURING OF SHAFTS AND STAPLE-PITS.) 112 words
      19. cc1569-70
    19. Clause 32.—(GENERAL PROVISIONS WITH RESPECT TO CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF ROADS.) 399 words
      20. cc1570-1
    20. Clause 33.—(PROHIBITION OF USE OF VEHICLES AND CONVEYORS IN ROADS NOT AFFORDING FREE MOVEMENT.) 288 words
      21. cc1571-2
    21. Clause 34.—(T RA NS PORT RULES.) 269 words
      22. c1572
    22. Clause 35.—(PROVISIONS FOR SECURING SAFETY OF FOOT-PASSENGERS IN ROADS.) 128 words
      23. cc1572-3
    23. Clause 36.—(SAFETY MEASURES RELATING TO USE OF VEHICLES.) 191 words
      24. cc1573-5
    24. Clause 40.— [SIGNALLING IN SHAFTS AND OUTLETS.) 665 words
      25. c1575
    25. Clause 43.—(DUTY TO SECURE SAFETY OF ROADS AND WORKING PLACES.) 246 words
      26. cc1575-6
    26. Clause 44.—(SYSTEMATIC SUPPORT IN COAL, SHALE AND FIRECLAY MINES.) 258 words
      27. c1576
    27. Clause 46.—(SUPPLY OF MATERIALS FOR SUPPORT.) 64 words
      28. c1576
    28. Clause 47.—(WITHDRAWAL OF SUPPORT.) 14 words
      29. cc1576-80
    29. Clause 49.—(PROVISIONS AS TO SUPPORT RULES.) 1,473 words
      30. cc1580-2
    30. Clause 50.—(DUTY TO PROVIDE ADEQUATE VENTILATION.) 633 words
      31. c1582
    31. Clause 51.—(POWER OF INSPECTOR TO REQUIRE IMPROVEMENT OF VENTILA TION.) 38 words
      32. cc1582-3
    32. Clause 52.—(PROVISIONS AS TO MEANS OF VENTILATION.) 293 words
      33. cc1583-5
    33. Clause 53.—(PREVENTION OF LEAKAGE OF AIR BETWEEN AIRWAYS.) 1,006 words
      34. cc1585-6
    34. Clause 54.—(BAROMETERS.) 352 words
      35. cc1586-7
    35. Clause 55.—(LIGHTING.) 436 words
      36. c1588
    36. Clause 56.—(PERMITTED LIGHTS.) 162 words
      37. cc1588-9
    37. Clause 60.—(PROHIBITION OF POSSESSION OF SMOKING MATERIALS IN CERTAIN MINES AND PARTS OF MINES.) 559 words
      38. cc1590-1
    38. Clause 62.—(ELECTRICITY AND ELECTRICAL APPARATUS.) 394 words
      39. c1591
    39. Clause 65.—(FIRE-FIGHTING AND RESCUE OPERATIONS.) 96 words
      40. cc1591-3
    40. Clause 67.—(DUST PRECAUTIONS.) 594 words
      41. c1593
    41. Clause 68.—-(DUTY OF MINE OWNERS AND MANAGERS TO SEEK EVIDENCE OF PROXIMITY OF DISUSED WORKINGS, WATER-BEARING STRATA, &C.) 245 words
      42. cc1593-4
    42. Clause 69.—(DUTY OF MINE OWNERS AND MANAGERS TO ASCERTAIN THICKNESS OF STRATA BETWEEN WORKINGS AND SURFACE WATER.) 62 words
      43. c1594
    43. Clause 70.—(GENERAL DUTY TO TAKE PRECAUTIONS AGAINST INRUSHES OF GAS, WATER. ETC.) 34 words
      44. c1594
    44. Clause 71.—(POWERS OF INSPECTOR WITH RESPECT TO DANGER FROM INRUSHES OF GAS, WATER, ETC.) 76 words
      45. cc1594-5
    45. Clause 72.—(WITHDRAWAL OF WORKMEN IN CASES OF DANGER.) 486 words
      46. cc1595-6
    46. Clause 73.—(DUTY OF WORKMEN TO DEAL WITH, OR REPORT, DANGER.) 43 words
      47. c1596
    47. Clause 75.—(FENCING OF EXPOSED PARTS OF MACHINERY.) 25 words
      48. c1596
    48. Clause 77.—(AIR, GAS AND STEAM CONTAINERS.) 62 words
      49. c1596
    49. Clause 80.—(SAFE MEANS OF ACCESS AND SAFE MEANS OF EMPLOYMENT.) 27 words
      50. cc1596-7
    50. Clause 83.—(PENALISATION OF NEGLIGENT ACTS OR OMISSIONS AND UNAUTHO RISED REMOVAL, &C., OF ARTICLES.) 140 words
      51. c1597
    51. Clause 84.—-(FIRST-AID.) 45 words
      52. cc1597-605
    52. Clause 85.—(MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS.) 2,976 words
      53. cc1605-8
    53. Clause 87—(SANITARY CONVENIENCES.) 1,014 words
      54. c1608
    54. Clause 91.—{GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES OF QUARRY MANAGERS.) 36 words
      55. c1608
    55. Clause 93.—(RIGHTS OF QUARRY MANAGER WITH RESPECT TO INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN BY OR ON BEHALF OF OWNER.) 113 words
      56. c1608
    56. Clause 94.—(TEMPORARY APPOINTMENTS DURING VACANCY IN OFFICE OF QUARRY MANAGER.) 14 words
      57. cc1608-9
    57. Clause 97.—(DUTIES OF QUARRY MAN AGERS AND OWNERS WITH RESPECT TO READING OF REPORTS, ETC.) 41 words
      58. c1609
    58. Clause 102.—(PROVISIONS RELATING TO USE OF ROPEWAYS AND VEHICLES.) 92 words
      59. c1609
    59. Clause 104.—(DUST PRECAUTIONS.) 242 words
      60. c1610
    60. Clause 105.—(WITHDRAWAL OF WORKMEN IN CASES OF DANGER.) 97 words
      61. cc1610-1
    61. Clause 108.—(NOTIFICATION OF ACCIDENTS.) 535 words
      62. cc1612-26
    62. Clause 111.—(INQUEST IN CASE OF DEATH BY ACCIDENT.) 5,393 words
      63. cc1626-8
    63. Clause 112.—(SITE OF ACCIDENT OR OTHER DANGEROUS OCCURRENCE TO BE LEFT UNDISTURBED.) 932 words
      64. cc1628-30
    64. Clause 115.—(INSPECTIONS OF MINES AND QUARRIES ON BEHALF OF WORKMEN EMPLOYED THEREAT.) 645 words
      65. c1630
    65. Clause 118.—(PERIODS OF EMPLOYMENT OF FEMALES AND OF MALE YOUNG PERSONS UNDER SIXTEEN.) 126 words
      66. c1630
    66. Clause 119.—(PERIODS OF EMPLOYMENT OF MALE YOUNG PERSONS OVER SIXTEEN.) 103 words
      67. c1631
    67. Clause 120.—(NOTICE FIXING HOURS OF EMPLOYMENT, ETC.) 49 words
      68. c1631
    68. Clause 121.—(SPECIAL TEMPORARY EXCEPTION AS RESPECTS COAL MINES IN DURHAM, NORTHUMBERLAND AND WARWICK.) 36 words
      69. c1631
    69. Clause 122.—(SPECIAL EXCEPTION FOR EMERGENCIES.) 131 words
      70. cc1631-2
    70. Clause 123.—(REGISTER OF WOMEN AND YOUNG PERSONS EMPLOYED.) 208 words
      71. c1632
    71. Clause 124.—(SUPPLEMENTAL.) 32 words
      72. c1632
    72. Clause 125.—(PROVISION, PRESERVATION AND INSPECTION OF BOOKS CONTAIN ING REPORTS.) 147 words
      73. c1633
    73. Clause 126.—(PRESERVATION AND INSPEC TION OF COPIES OF WRITTEN APPOINTMENTS MADE BY MINE OR QUARRY MANAGER.) 216 words
      74. c1633
    74. Clause 127.—(PROVISION OF COPIES OF THIS ACT AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS.) 14 words
      75. cc1633-4
    75. Clause 128.—(POSTING OF NOTICES.) 109 words
      76. c1634
    76. Clause 129.—(FURNISHING TO WORKERS OF INFORMATION WITH RESPECT TO THIS ACT AND ORDERS AND REGULA TIONS THEREUNDER.) 34 words
      77. cc1634-5
    77. Clause 131.—(NOTIFICATION OF BEGIN NING AND CESSATION OF CERTAIN MINING AND QUARRYING OPERATIONS.) 344 words
      78. c1635
    78. Clause 133.—(REGULATIONS.) 73 words
      79. c1635
    79. Clause 136.—(GENERAL POWERS OF INSPECTORS.) 101 words
      80. cc1635-6
    80. Clause 137.—(POWER OF INSPECTOR TO REQUIRE REMEDY FOR IMMEDIATE OR APPREHENDED DANGER.) 229 words
      81. c1636
    81. Clause 138.—(POWER OF CHIEF INSPECTOR TO GRANT EXEMPTIONS FOR PURPOSE OF PERMITTING TRIALS OF NEW EQUIPMENT, ETC.) 12 words
      82. c1636
    82. Clause 143.—(FENCING OF ABANDONED AND DISUSED MINES AND OF QUARRIES.) 122 words
      83. c1637
    83. Clause 144.—(OFFENCES.) 29 words
      84. c1637
    84. Clause 150.—(SPECIAL DEFENCE AVAIL ABLE TO MINE UNDER-MANAGERS WITH EIMITPD JURISDICTION.) 75 words
      85. c1637
    85. Clause 159.—(DIVISION OF MINES.) 40 words
      86. cc1637-40
    86. Clause 161.—(POWER OF MINISTER AND INSPECTOR TO GRANT EXEMPTIONS FOR LIMITED PERIOD FROM COM MENCEMENT OF THIS ACT.) 1,026 words
      87. c1640
    87. Clause 162.—{PROVISIONS AS TO ORDERS, RULES, ETC.) 46 words
      88. c1640
    88. Clause 163.—(MODE OF SERVICE OF NOTICES UNDER THIS ACT.) 80 words
      89. cc1640-1
    89. Clause 169.—(GENERAL INTERPRETATION PROVISIONS.) 222 words
      90. c1641
    90. Clause 170.—(EXCLUSION OF SS. 107 AND 108 OF FACTORIES ACT, 1937.) 34 words
      91. cc1641-50
    91. Fourth Schedule.—(ENACTMENTS REPEALED.) 3,563 words
    cc1651-2
  9. WOOL TEXTILE INDUSTRY (LEVIES) 461 words
    10. cc1652-62
  10. WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION (U.K. CONTRIBUTION) 3,519 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 1 July 1954 Series 5 Vol. 529

  1. AGRICULTURE
      2. c109W
    1. Livestock Rearing Areas (Roads) 77 words
      c109W
    2. Wheat Commission 126 words
      c109W
    3. Crichel Down (Report) 42 words
  2. HOME DEPARTMENT
      3. c110W
    1. Jurymen (Payments) 97 words
      c110W
    2. Coroners (Power of Committal) 89 words
      cc110-1W
    3. Magistrates' Courts Committees (Expenditure) 104 words
      c111W
    4. School Patrols, Brecon and Radnor 112 words
      c111W
    5. Dr. Cort, Birmingham (Police Statement) 72 words
      cc111-2W
    6. Aliens (Admission to United Kingdom) 116 words
  3. EMPLOYMENT
      4. c112W
    1. Factories (Mechanically Propelled Trucks) 95 words
      c112W
    2. Colonials, Liverpool 105 words
      cc112-3W
    3. Women Over 40, Cardiff 120 words
      c113W
    4. Industrial Disputes 150 words
  4. NATIONAL SERVICE
      5. c113W
    1. Commonwealth Immigrants 47 words
      cc113-4W
    2. Youths (Effect on Employment) 166 words
  5. HOSPITALS
      6. c114W
    1. Chest Surgery 40 words
      c114W
    2. Child Patients (Parents' Visits) 45 words
      cc114-5W
    3. Flue Pipes and Boilers (Inspection) 95 words
      c115W
    4. Pharmaceutical Services (Report) 106 words
      cc115-6W
    5. Tonsil and Adenoid Operations 112 words
      c116W
    6. Out-Patients (Waiting Time) 90 words
      c116W
    7. Clerk, Liverpool (Dismissal) 119 words
      cc116-7W
    8. Appointments, Charing Cross Hospital (Application Forms) 77 words
      c117W
    9. Mental Patients, Warwickshire (Aftercare) 134 words
      c117W
    10. Nurses, West Riding 77 words
  6. MINISTRY OF HEALTH
      7. cc117-8W
    1. Drugs (Private Patients) 139 words
      cc118-9W
    2. Deaf Children (Admission to Institutions) 189 words
      c119W
    3. Shortened Birth Certificates 132 words
      c119W
    4. Illegitimate Births 73 words
      cc119-20W
    5. Dentists 178 words
      c120W
    6. "Algipan" 127 words
      cc120-1W
    7. Infant Mortality Rates 116 words
      c121W
    8. Student Nurses (Examination Fees) 134 words
  7. EDUCATION
      8. c121W
    1. Facilities for Adults 44 words
      cc121-2W
    2. School Building 223 words
      cc122-3W
    3. Epileptic Children 122 words
      c123W
    4. Technical College Students (Awards) 76 words
      c123W
    5. All-age Schools, Cornwall 69 words
    c123W
  8. SCIENCE MUSEUM (PLANETARIUM) 44 words
  9. BECHUANALAND
      10. cc123-4W
    1. Chief's Representative (Terminated Appointment) 98 words
      c124W
    2. Convicted Native 70 words
  10. TRADE AND COMMERCE
      11. c124W
    1. Military Equipment (Exports) 117 words
      cc124-5W
    2. New Factory, Sunderland 56 words
  11. NATIONAL FINANCE
      12. c125W
    1. Social Service Expenditure 125 words
      c125W
    2. United Kingdom (U.S. Aid) 97 words
      cc125-6W
    3. U.S. Off-shore Purchases (Value) 48 words
      c126W
    4. Tax Remissions 158 words
  12. CIVIL SERVICE
      13. cc126-7W
    1. Resignations 136 words
      c127W
    2. Retired Pensioners, Scotland 102 words
    cc127-8W
  13. CHINA FACTORY, TEAM VALLEY 140 words
    c128W
  14. WEST AFRICAN TERRITORIES (JAPANESE IMPORTS) 80 words
    c128W
  15. HONG KONG (HEALTHY VILLAGE) 136 words
    c128W
  16. RAILWAY UNDERTAKING, SCOTLAND 53 words
    cc128-30W
  17. ACTIVE SERVICE WILLS (VALIDITY) 160 words

Lords Sitting of 1 July 1954 Series 5 Vol. 188

    c315
  1. Preamble 15 words
  2. Prayers
      3. cc315-6
    1. ATOMIC ENERGY AUTHORITY 359 words
    c316
  3. DUNOON BURGH ORDER CONFIRMATION BILL 7 words
    4. c316
  4. PROTECTION OF ANIMALS (AMENDMENT) BILL 7 words
    5. c316
  5. JURIES BILL 7 words
    6. cc316-415
  6. TELEVISION BILL 38,791 words, 1 division
    7. c415
  7. PHARMACY BILL [H.L.] 19 words
    8. c415
  8. TRUSTEES SAVINGS BANKS BILL [H.L.] 20 words
    9. c415
  9. POST OFFICE SAVINGS BANK BILL [H.L.] 20 words
    10. c416
  10. POST OFFICE (SITE AND RAILWAY) BILL 12 words
    11. c416
  11. WESLEYAN AND GENERAL ASSURANCE SOCIETY BILL 3 words
    12. c416
  12. LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL> (MONEY) BILL 11 words