Commons Sitting of 17 January 1968 Series 5 Vol. 756

    c1753
  1. Preamble 7 words
  2. c1753
  3. PRAYERS 5 words
  4. PETITION
    1. c1753
    2. Stansted Airport 183 words
  5. ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
    1. ROADS
      1. cc1753-4
      2. Road Building Programme 280 words
      3. cc1754-5
      4. M11 Motorway 142 words
      5. c1755
      6. M4 Motorway 219 words
      7. cc1755-6
      8. "Give Way" Signs 193 words
    2. TRANSPORT
      1. cc1756-7
      2. London Traffic Survey 156 words
      3. cc1757-8
      4. Road Accidents 565 words
      5. cc1758-9
      6. Abnormal Loads (Licences) 335 words
      7. cc1759-63
      8. Transport Bill 1,177 words
      9. c1763
      10. Abnormal Load Charge (Pressure Vessel Manufacturers) 161 words
      11. cc1763-5
      12. Abnormal Loads and Wear and Tear Charges 457 words
      13. cc1765-6
      14. Public Transport (Scotland) 385 words
      15. cc1766-7
      16. Disabled Drivers (Vehicles) 279 words
      17. cc1767-8
      18. Heavy Lorries (Quantity Licences) 425 words
      19. cc1768-9
      20. White Paper (Transport of Freight) 214 words
      21. c1769
      22. Carrier Licensing Authority (Cost Criteria Examination) 98 words
      23. c1769
      24. Carrier Licensing Authority (Reliability Criteria Examination) 133 words
      25. cc1769-71
      26. Abnormal Road Charges 378 words
      27. c1771
      28. Commercial Vehicles (All-night Parking) 222 words
    3. RAILWAYS
      1. cc1771-2
      2. Passenger Services (East Midlands) 191 words
      3. cc1772-3
      4. Waterloo-Portsmouth Line 163 words
      5. cc1773-4
      6. Southern Region (Safety Standards) 588 words
      7. cc1774-5
      8. Southern Region (Proposed Timetable Changes) 378 words
      9. cc1775-8
      10. Freightliners 698 words
    4. PORTS
      1. cc1778-81
      2. Nationalisation Proposals 1,019 words
    5. SHIPPING
      1. c1781
      2. Cross-Channel Ships (Railways Board Investment) 156 words
      3. cc1781-2
      4. Isle of Wight (Ferry Services) 207 words
    cc1782-5
  6. RAILWAYS (ACCIDENT, HIXON) 965 words
  7. c1785
  8. CONFERENCE ON ELECTORAL LAW 47 words
  9. BILL PRESENTED
  10. c1786
  11. INDUSTRIAL EXPANSION 199 words
  12. cc1787-911
  13. PUBLIC EXPENDITURE 47,681 words
  14. cc1911-22
  15. YOUTH CLUB, ST. ALBANS (MR. J. TREVORROW) 4,162 words

Written Answers (Commons) of 17 January 1968 Series 5 Vol. 756

  1. ROADS
    1. c549W
    2. Stone Kerbs 76 words
      c549W
    3. Departmental Correspondence 62 words
      c549W
    4. Removable Footbridges 83 words
      cc549-50W
    5. Toddington and Watford Gap Service Areas (Petrol) 78 words
      c550W
    6. A41 (Speed Limit) 55 words
      cc550-7W
    7. Motorways 3,057 words
      cc557-8W
    8. Sevenoaks By-Pass 55 words
      c558W
    9. Temporary Bridge (Thorne) 100 words
      cc558-61W
    10. Road Programme 2,548 words
      c561W
    11. East Cleveland (Communications) 78 words
      cc561-3W
    12. Level Crossings 410 words
      c563W
    13. A20 (Improvement) 89 words
      cc563-4W
    14. Rye By-Pass 116 words
      c564W
    15. London-Andover Route 90 words
  2. TRANSPORT
    1. cc564-5W
    2. Breath Tests 267 words
      c565W
    3. Coach Fares (London Airport) 70 words
      c565W
    4. British Electric Traction 92 words
      cc565-6W
    5. Quantity Licences 106 words
      c566W
    6. Car Commuting (London) 74 words
      c566W
    7. Remoulded and Retreaded Tyres 68 words
      c566W
    8. Underground Stations (Parking Spaces) 41 words
      cc566-7W
    9. Fare Increases, London (Report) 92 words
      c567W
    10. Transport Bill 190 words
      cc567-8W
    11. Fish Hauliers (Compensation) 83 words
      c568W
    12. Departmental Vehicles (Reflective Number Plates) 71 words
      cc568-9W
    13. Road Accidents 505 words
      cc569-70W
    14. Exhaust Fumes 97 words
      c570W
    15. Passenger Transport (Scotland) 65 words
      c570W
    16. Freight Transport (Scotland) 45 words
      c570W
    17. Departmental (Television Advertising) 58 words
      cc570-1W
    18. Lorry Drivers (Hours of Work) 67 words
      c571W
    19. Abnormal Load Charges (Scotland) 73 words
      c571W
    20. Abnormal Load (Definition) 47 words
  3. RAILWAYS
    1. cc571-2W
    2. British Railways (Chairman) 148 words
      c572W
    3. Ultra-Sonic Rail Flaw Dectectors 71 words
      c572W
    4. Railway Workshops (Accessories and Components) 86 words
      cc572-3W
    5. Machynlleth-Pwllheli Line (Study) 120 words
      c573W
    6. Southern Region 112 words
      c573W
    7. Advertising 56 words
      cc573-4W
    8. Weaver Junction—Glasgow Line (Electrification) 60 words
      c574W
    9. British Railways Board (Members) 139 words
      c574W
    10. Foreign Equipment 108 words
      cc574-5W
    11. Freight Containers (Tenders) 113 words
      c575W
    12. Derailments 444 words
      cc575-6W
    13. Suburban Rail Services (Losses) 154 words
      cc576-7W
    14. Reshaping Report (Scotland) 125 words
  4. SHIPPING
    1. c577W
    2. Irish Sea Shipping Services (Review) 62 words
  5. PORTS
    1. c577W
    2. Bulk Carriers 111 words
  6. BOARD OF TRADE
    1. cc577-8W
    2. Industrial Development Certificates (East Anglia) 69 words
      c578W
    3. Concorde Aircraft (Airports) 120 words
      c578W
    4. Rhodesia (Tobacco) 132 words
      cc578-9W
    5. Comet 4 Airliner (Accident) 160 words
      c579W
    6. Insurance Companies (Scotland) 109 words
      cc579-80W
    7. Industrial Closures (Midlothian) 400 words
      cc580-1W
    8. Aluminium Ingots (Imports) 82 words
      c581W
    9. Industrial Development (Scotland) 54 words
      c581W
    10. Industrial Estates 103 words
      c581W
    11. Apple Imports (Northern Ireland) 121 words
      cc581-2W
    12. Prestwick and Glasgow Airports 116 words
      c582W
    13. Aircraft Carrier "Leviathan" 201 words
      cc582-3W
    14. Footwear (Imports) 93 words
      c583W
    15. Welsh Industrial Estates Corporation 166 words
      cc583-4W
    16. Advance Factories 282 words
      cc584-5W
    17. Employment (Humberside) 115 words
      c585W
    18. Hearing-Aid Batteries 86 words
      c585W
    19. Cinematograph Film (Import Duty) 90 words
      cc585-6W
    20. British European Airways (Aircraft) 151 words
      c586W
    21. Non-Ferrous Metal Mining (Wales) 65 words
      c586W
    22. Fishing Vessel "Refleurir" 90 words
  7. AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
    1. cc586-7W
    2. Coarse Fishing Close Season 88 words
      c587W
    3. Food (Import Prices and Home Production) 132 words
      cc587-8W
    4. Meat and Livestock Commission 340 words
      cc588-9W
    5. Ploughing-Up Grant 207 words
      cc589-90W
    6. Foot-and-Mouth Disease 409 words
      c590W
    7. Slaughterhouses (Standards) 76 words
      cc590-1W
    8. Forestry Commission 225 words
      c591W
    9. Farm Incomes (Wales and Monmouthshire) 63 words
  8. SCOTLAND
    1. c591W
    2. Public and Private Expenditure 63 words
      cc591-2W
    3. Motorways 82 words
      c592W
    4. Cameron Committee (Report) 74 words
      c592W
    5. Glasgow Police Force 139 words
      cc592-3W
    6. Hunterston B Nuclear Power Station 73 words
      c593W
    7. School Meals 370 words
      cc593-4W
    8. Crimes of Violence 395 words
      cc594-5W
    9. Third Lanark Football Club (Report) 52 words
      c595W
    10. Police Service (Grant) 101 words
      c595W
    11. Epileptics (Report) 73 words
      c595W
    12. Four-Apartment Houses (Cost) 59 words
      cc595-6W
    13. Council Houses (Heating Standards) 93 words
      c596W
    14. Scottish Universities (Economic Studies) 139 words
      cc596-7W
    15. Hospitals (Waiting Time) 131 words
      c597W
    16. Lords of Appeal (Scottish Division) 105 words
      c597W
    17. Civil Servants (Administrative Staff College) 84 words
      c597W
    18. Civil Defence and Regional Government Bunkers 39 words
      cc597-8W
    19. Scottish Lawyers (International Conferences) 75 words
      c598W
    20. Highlands and Islands Development Board 63 words
      c598W
    21. Scottish Economy 58 words
      cc598-9W
    22. Regional Water Boards (Constitution) 100 words
      c599W
    23. Murders 200 words
      c599W
    24. Life Prisoner (Further Sentence) 114 words
      cc599-600W
    25. Criminal Injuries Compensation Board (Applications) 67 words
      c600W
    26. Criminal Offences (Convictions) 162 words
      c600W
    27. Rent Registration, Edinburgh (Applications) 67 words
      cc600-1W
    28. Highlands (Technological Industry) 103 words
  9. MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
    1. c601W
    2. Aircraft Carriers 38 words
      cc601-2W
    3. Aircraft Carrier "Leviathan" 231 words
      c602W
    4. Hong Kong 111 words
      c602W
    5. Recruitment 152 words
      cc602-3W
    6. Military Medal (Gratuity) 46 words
      c603W
    7. Gratuities 66 words
      c603W
    8. Departmental Budget (Allocations) 84 words
      c603W
    9. Departmental Information 75 words
      cc603-4W
    10. Scottish Pipers (Zurich) 97 words
      c604W
    11. Scottish Servicemen 39 words
      c604W
    12. Naval Contracts (Scottish Shipyards) 40 words
      cc604-5W
    13. Departmental Staff, London (Dispersal) 177 words
      c605W
    14. Departmental Vehicles (Number Plates) 65 words
      c605W
    15. Royal Air Force, Kinloss 101 words
      cc605-9W
    16. Officer Cadets Kalani and Ugba (Deaths) 1,230 words
      c609W
    17. F111 Purchase (Interest) 92 words
  10. TECHNOLOGY
    1. c609W
    2. Aircraft Noise (Research) 88 words
      cc609-10W
    3. Hearing-Aid Batteries 187 words
      c610W
    4. Brain Drain 66 words
      c610W
    5. Research and Development Contracts (Scotland) 68 words
      cc610-1W
    6. Departmental Accommodation (Scotland) 229 words
      c611W
    7. Sonic Bang Tests 77 words
      cc611-2W
    8. Nucear Power Reactors (Tenders) 143 words
      c612W
    9. Nuclear Power Programme 122 words
      cc612-3W
    10. Anglo-French Aircraft Projects 93 words
      c613W
    11. Concorde Aircraft (Cost) 73 words
      c613W
    12. Industrial Research Stations (Scotland) 81 words
  11. HOSPITALS
    1. cc613-4W
    2. Paging Instruments (Mercury Batteries) 111 words
      c614W
    3. Foreign Thermometers 51 words
  12. MINISTRY OF HEALTH
    1. c614W
    2. Dentists (N.H.S. Payments) 95 words
      cc614-5W
    3. Dental Estimates Board (Cost) 73 words
      c615W
    4. Births, Marriages and Deaths (Registration in Welsh) 205 words
  13. COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS
    1. cc615-6W
    2. Hong Kong 175 words
      c616W
    3. Dental Treatment (Patients' Contributions and Fees) 60 words
      cc616-7W
    4. Honiara 165 words
      c617W
    5. British Solomon Islands Protectorate (Pidgin English) 195 words
      cc617-8W
    6. Malta 138 words
      c618W
    7. Fiji (U.N. Resolution) 69 words
  14. TELEPHONE SERVICE
    1. c618W
    2. Exchanges (Manning) 69 words
  15. WIRELESS AND TELEVISION
    1. cc618-9W
    2. Radio 2 (Scotland) 144 words
  16. POST OFFICE
    1. c619W
    2. Envelopes (Preferred Range) 123 words
      cc619-20W
    3. Free Post 100 words
  17. ELECTRICITY
    1. cc620-3W
    2. Power Stations 1,195 words
      cc623-4W
    3. Bulk Transmission (Cost) 90 words
  18. COAL
    1. c624W
    2. National Coal Board 188 words
      cc624-5W
    3. Central Electricity Generating Board 252 words
      c625W
    4. Production (1962–67) 144 words
      cc625-6W
    5. Consumption 86 words
      c626W
    6. Prices 105 words
      c626W
    7. Durham Collieries (Wage Earners) 63 words
      cc626-7W
    8. Wilson Committee (Recommendations) 109 words
    c627W
  19. Fuel Policy Conference 175 words
  20. GAS
    1. cc627-8W
    2. Production Methods 152 words
      cc628-9W
    3. Explosion (Congresbury) 362 words
      c629W
    4. SCOTTISH LAW LORDS 82 words
  21. ECONOMIC AFFAIRS
    1. cc629-30W
    2. Early Warning List 177 words
  22. EDUCATION AND SCIENCE
    1. c630W
    2. School-Leavers 99 words
      c630W
    3. Further Education and Technical Colleges 106 words
      cc630-1W
    4. Further Education (G.C.E. Students) 195 words
      c631W
    5. School Pupils (Voluntary Stay) 59 words
      cc631-2W
    6. Arts Council (Expenditure) 174 words
      c632W
    7. School Buildings (Works Allocations) 266 words
      cc632-3W
    8. Council for Scientific Policy (Working Group) 94 words
      c633W
    9. Surplus Military Equipment 60 words
      c633W
    10. Sutherland Report 90 words
      cc633-5W
    11. UNITED NATIONS RESOLCTIONS 436 words
      c635W
    12. FOREIGN SECRETARY (WASHINGTON TALKS) 90 words
      cc635-6W
    13. FOREIGN SECRETARY (VISIT TO JAPAN) 128 words
      c636W
    14. ANGLO-SOVIET AGREEMENT 159 words
  23. HOME DEPARTMENT
    1. c636W
    2. Police (Population Ratio) 67 words
      cc636-7W
    3. Crimes of Violence (Detection Rate) 112 words
      c637W
    4. Police Services (Expenditure) 94 words
      c637W
    5. Housebreaking and Shopbreaking (Wembley) 128 words
  24. HOUSING
    1. c638W
    2. District Heating 124 words
      c638W
    3. Tenant Rights 98 words
      cc638-9W
    4. Harassment of Tenants 99 words
      c639W
    5. Under-occupation 92 words
      c639W
    6. Compulsory Purchase Order (Kingston upon Hull) 45 words
  25. LOCAL GOVERNMENT
    1. cc639-40W
    2. Betterment Levy (Minerals) 273 words
  26. MINISTRY OF LABOUR
    1. c640W
    2. Staff Complement, Midlothian 56 words
      cc640-1W
    3. Industrial Refraining (Scotland) 205 words
      c641W
    4. Employment Exchanges (Facilities) 123 words
      cc641-2W
    5. Industrial Training Boards (Scotland) 216 words
      cc642-3W
    6. Industrial Training (Overseas Students) 143 words
      c643W
    7. W. and T. Avery Limited (New Wage Structure) 87 words
      c643W
    8. Additional Washing Facilities 105 words
  27. OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT
    1. cc643-4W
    2. Industrial Training Scheme 178 words
      c644W
    3. Defence Research Establishments 100 words
  28. PUBLIC BUILDING AND WORKS
    1. cc644-5W
    2. Government Departments (Accommodation) 85 words
  29. SOCIAL SECURITY
    1. c645W
    2. Age Pensions 57 words
  30. NATIONAL FINANCE
    1. c645W
    2. Local Authority Loans (Scotland) 95 words
      cc645-6W
    3. Civil Servants (Scotland) 86 words
      c646W
    4. Tax Receipts (Scotland) 29 words
      c646W
    5. Adult Workers (Taxation) 31 words
      c646W
    6. Decimal Coinage (Scotland) 118 words
      cc646-7W
    7. Overseas Investment 179 words
      c647W
    8. Inspectors of Taxes (Powers) 52 words
      cc647-8W
    9. Intestacy (Crown Acquisitions) 119 words
      c648W
    10. Sanitary Facilities (Purchase Tax) 106 words
      c648W
    11. Non-Ferrous Metal Mining 93 words
      cc648-9W
    12. Government Expenditure (Cuts) 110 words
      c649W
    13. Nationalised Industries (Investment) 96 words
      c649W
    14. Per Capita Income (Wales) 30 words
      cc649-50W
    15. Selective Employment Tax 124 words
      c650W
    16. Television (Government Advertising) 73 words