The text on this page has been created from Hansard archive content, it may contain typographical errors.
Select a date
Go to today
Skip calendar selector
Legend for calendar days
Indicator for Days with content
Indicator for the Selected day
Indicator for a Weekend
Downloads
Download content and documents relevant to the day's proceedings.
Commons Hansard for 5 May 1959 (Volume 605)
From the digitised editions of archive material. Last updated
12 May 2018 at 4.11pm.
Commons Chamber
Record of debates that happened in the House of Commons main chamber.
House Of Commons
(item number 1)
(id 68cec13f-1dc0-4993-8046-d149a894389e)
Prayers
(item number 2)
(id ac8c13b2-f593-407d-8fae-ff41a6e14ca9)
Private Business
View all Private Business
London County Council (Money) Bill
(item number 1)
(id 6aa5fcfe-6ac3-4cc0-8e42-9e3bf1b4b84f)
Shell-Mex And Bp (London Airport Pipeline) Bill
(item number 1)
(id 37190f8f-b43e-4e49-a222-e0b6b033c686)
Portsmouth Corporation Bill
(item number 1)
(id e3659960-096b-41eb-be76-fe7485a0da93)
Oral Answers To Questions
View all Oral Answers To Questions
Nyasaland
Education
(item number 1)
(id b4ce8624-5ce1-4407-a00e-7c27d3534295)
Unemployment
(item number 1)
(id e64b36cc-8b40-46e5-93d7-37c535d119f6)
African Detainees
(item number 1)
(id 7a9226fd-f069-441d-ac91-632737d72eaa)
Workers, Mlanje District (Wages)
(item number 1)
(id 72067aa2-269c-4a97-9ac0-d831b101bc84)
Collective Fines
(item number 1)
(id 9261cccd-740c-47b9-adb5-e94d2efe3629)
Government Employees (Dismissal)
(item number 1)
(id 5f33e2b5-d48d-4bcb-9c4e-b179fc8bcf24)
European Civil Servants (Expatriate Pay)
(item number 1)
(id f9abf895-0744-44d1-917b-854f57c8f228)
Africans (Arrests)
(item number 1)
(id b9476367-6b40-4194-b502-92a19cef0d00)
Incident, Nkata Bay
(item number 1)
(id 7ff99cc8-9d88-47a6-9a2c-c49e923843c2)
Emergency (Cost)
(item number 1)
(id 6b80d77d-cc40-457c-b611-4c6743d56afb)
Recorders, Manchester And Liverpool
(item number 1)
(id cf795d65-9de0-49b7-9b35-e3a9793c2a98)
Ministry Of Works
Building Research (Standing Conference)
(item number 1)
(id 4df52f56-cee0-45c5-883d-e13aac7436e1)
Crown Jewels (Rehousing)
(item number 1)
(id 773805a9-aebd-4e4a-a165-f973e09f9cc0)
Royal Opera House (Maintenance Work)
(item number 1)
(id b4c81de3-6ff1-4940-a7b0-7f99d39d4b26)
Earl Of Balfour (Memorial)
(item number 1)
(id 84ed39e5-1d6e-49ac-96d0-893d6178ed41)
Royal Parks (Band Performances)
(item number 1)
(id 600ee22c-686c-45ba-9e5f-f01caf4da48a)
Scotland
Houses, Douglas And Douglas, West
(item number 1)
(id 6c87fac1-25b3-47d0-ba34-638745e86bf5)
Schools, Glasgow (Part-Time Education)
(item number 1)
(id 7dc5a14d-da49-43c2-a2fb-8532e08962de)
Gin Traps
(item number 1)
(id 96a243d5-04dd-4bf8-9a41-5d93c6dc0b21)
Aberdeen Development Plan
(item number 1)
(id cc8bff68-52d8-4597-932e-bca51a8e55eb)
Radioactive Fall-Out
(item number 1)
(id 4c57cfbe-5075-4658-8d7b-baa8eb7d35a8)
Comptroller And Auditor General (Salary)
(item number 5)
(id 070a93f5-4c1b-414f-bae2-a3a8538307b5)
Business Of The House
(item number 6)
(id 4fc9a966-484f-441b-be31-9a4042d944b5)
Scottish Estimates
(item number 7)
(id 94f90f36-0efe-47e6-9c32-6719d115f742)
Orders Of The Day
View all Orders Of The Day
Mental Health Bill
Clause 55—(Regulations For Purposes Of Part Iv)
(item number 1)
(id 0cbefa89-d7be-4724-87dd-3173f169a980)
New Clause—(Duty Of Mental Welfare Officer To Make Application For Admission Or Guardianship)
(item number 1)
(id 5bf4f259-5755-4d41-bb57-34d4721bae0f)
Clause 2—(Dissolution Of Board Of Control)
(item number 1)
(id 72290d3c-e753-4ed1-8b49-1a667406820d)
Clause 4—(Definition And Classifica-Tion Of Mental Disorder)
(item number 1)
(id 601b4085-779f-4a0c-8828-dc9ba4183229)
Clause 6—(Functions Of Local Health Authorities)
(item number 1)
(id 8c3d9848-4a3f-4bc9-a3ef-f22038e2618f)
Clause 9—(Functions Of Children Authorities)
(item number 1)
(id 968f4845-b4ed-4058-91a4-c5c90da78a33)
Clause 11—(Examination And Classifi-Cation Under Education Act, 1944)
(item number 1)
(id acb0a4d7-8134-45d6-b56b-dd1fdd495d3d)
Clause 12—(Power To Compel Attendance At Training Centres)
(item number 1)
(id 52812117-5aea-41f3-bd74-16b91dfe1321)
Clause 14—(Registration Of Nursing Homes Under Public Health Act)
(item number 1)
(id 76c48e66-f11d-4a4c-93a8-7cb44a968d28)
Clause 17—(Inspection Of Mental Nursing Homes And Visiting Of Patients)
(item number 1)
(id 4797d7ff-ed69-46d7-b8e4-d706730a22ff)
Clause 22—(Powers Of Entry And Inspection Of Other Premises)
(item number 1)
(id f49421d9-296c-4725-87bf-283390bd72d0)
Clause 24—(Application To London)
(item number 1)
(id d16fa2d2-8372-421d-b544-bcee06aece51)
Clause 25—(Admission For Observation)
(item number 1)
(id 156f12bb-5057-4ed0-9ca6-707bf09d7bde)
Clause 26—(Admission For Treatment)
(item number 1)
(id c820a2ee-3e94-467e-9371-7a50c60b7d53)
Clause 27—(General Provisions As To Applications)
(item number 1)
(id b624c915-d797-4f6e-a3a9-77edc362056a)
Clause 29—(Application For Admission In Case Of Emergency)
(item number 1)
(id d78f2163-74e0-4301-8d8b-09949ddbe847)
Clause 33—(Application For Guardianship)
(item number 1)
(id 9524ea4a-caf5-4730-9e74-040e5f80a6d9)
Clause 36—(Correspondence Of Patients)
(item number 1)
(id c020a5b9-ab94-4cff-92d4-0fa85e756a11)
Clause 39—(Leave Of Absence From Hospital)
(item number 1)
(id ac35c921-2596-40de-9676-0185ad0c0350)
Lause 40—(Return And Re-Admission Of Patients Absent Without Leave)
(item number 1)
(id 70736dd9-ae17-41b4-87ca-a5e620163f6f)
Clause 41—(Regulations As To Transfer Of Patients)
(item number 1)
(id e9f1596c-5c90-4461-b9c5-57350310df17)
Clause 43—(Duration Of Authority)
(item number 1)
(id 0506be5b-ccee-4a1d-96ca-a0f619bb2dd0)
Clause 45—(Special Provisions As To Patients Absent Without Leave)
(item number 1)
(id 56cd5395-f319-4549-a986-789754542b54)
Clause 48—(Restrictions On Discharge By Nearest Relative)
(item number 1)
(id bb6e222f-af65-4c19-b1c8-e42a8dc4c0f0)
Clause 49—(Definition Of Relative And Nearest Relative)
(item number 1)
(id 1e1e2b7d-3874-473b-9054-f92e02186db0)
Clause 52—(Transfer Of Functions Of Nearest Relative)
(item number 1)
(id 79c4fffe-762d-4a07-bfbb-abe0975d37e1)
Clause 53—(Discharge, Amendment And Termination Of Orders For Transfer Of Functions)
(item number 1)
(id 0d27e332-95b6-4ea4-80bc-85abd466076f)
Clause 54—(Procedure On Applications To County Court)
(item number 1)
(id e817bb9a-245d-4d2e-80ca-d1daa625f3dc)
Clause 55—(Regulations For Purposes Of Part Iv)
(item number 1)
(id 31f642bf-7cb4-460c-8abc-48cbad87ec6e)
Clause 57—(Special Provisions As To Wards Of Court)
(item number 1)
(id e2419507-b0c6-4ae0-8eeb-a88be85da8d1)
Clause 58—(Interpretation Of Part Iv)
(item number 1)
(id b431ea42-692a-4f33-8fb2-c9540c46b7e9)
Clause 59—(Powers Of Courts To Order Hospital Admission Or Guardianship)
(item number 1)
(id 7152e536-5347-4768-933c-723d70a28b1f)
Clause 65—(Powers Of Secretary Of State In Respect Of Patients Subject To Restriction Orders)
(item number 1)
(id 387752cc-a696-4e12-86bf-a96a7c8da1ba)
Clause 66—(Power Of Magistrates' Courts To Commit For Restriction Order)
(item number 1)
(id 1b81b494-a001-4eed-9495-d344520e8fdb)
Clause 71—(Removal To Hospital Of Persons Serving Sentences Of Imprisonment, Etc)
(item number 1)
(id 6fc0b0f6-0f3f-4e23-b1c2-76567e23267f)
Clause 72—(Removal To Hospital Of Other Prisoners)
(item number 1)
(id 087b70f4-e197-4918-a6fd-1ce200a4107b)
Clause 75—(Further Provisions As To Persons Committed For Trial Or Sentence, Etc)
(item number 1)
(id 64889075-3e70-4d73-98d8-0d9013905f45)
Clause 78—(Reception Into Guardian-Ship Of Persons Sent To Approved Schools)
(item number 1)
(id 5b06c57f-78eb-48b2-8005-317c7e743e6d)
Clause 79—(Interpretation Of Part V)
(item number 1)
(id cd71d734-5399-4440-852a-246e733fe838)
Clause 81—(Removal To Scotland Of Patients Subject To Restriction On Discharge)
(item number 1)
(id 62b9cc7e-3aeb-48ca-9df1-75d6ba05f047)
Clause 92—(Patients Absent From Hospitals In England And Wales)
(item number 1)
(id 4901e34e-92e9-44a4-abf1-d15b202a5575)
Clause 96—(Provision Of Institutions For Treatment Under Conditions Of Special Security)
(item number 1)
(id 88df378f-25fd-4147-8777-aaf1966be8a9)
Clause 97—-(Administrative Provisions)
(item number 1)
(id a05498aa-2ea8-47f6-ac76-f9572f934c1b)
Clause 122—(Powers Of Tribunals)
(item number 1)
(id 7b7b109f-78c0-4346-87ee-32a9c1e1883b)
Clause 131—(Provision Of Pocket Money For In-Patients In Hospital)
(item number 1)
(id 14fb2362-3b55-40f1-ae05-cfbf6a395e95)
Clause 132—(Correspondence Of Patients Not Subject To Detention)
(item number 1)
(id 187bd914-b8de-4670-b6cb-4885072b1e2b)
Clause 137—(Provisions As To Custody, Conveyance And Detention)
(item number 1)
(id 7910e480-9da3-431f-888d-11537adfaa17)
Clause 138—(Retaking Of Patients Escaping From Custody)
(item number 1)
(id d90030ee-da2e-49dd-b7fb-a53187793883)
Clause 139—(Protection For Acts Done In Pursuance Of Ti-Hs Act)
(item number 1)
(id 978be852-2f19-49a1-9da2-8cbc96548557)
Clause 143—(General Provisions As To Regulations, Orders And Rules)
(item number 1)
(id d1db3a9f-025b-4c80-b384-2995c70d9274)
Clause 145—(Interpretation)
(item number 1)
(id b4277e0f-1ec0-4a5e-9ac4-da87056e16d8)
First Schedule—(Mental Health Review Tribunals)
(item number 1)
(id 2d8126c0-e1c7-486d-a5ea-cbbee42c07cd)
Second Schedule—(Sections Substi-Tuted For Education Act, 1944, S 57)
(item number 1)
(id 564893ca-bf7e-4ec1-8169-4d97b6960408)
Third Schedule—(Application Of Part Iv To Patients Admitted To Hos-Pital Or Placed Under Guardian Ship Under Part V)
(item number 1)
(id 0bd110f5-53c2-478c-9f72-8e8953415264)
Sixth Schedule—(Transitional Provisions)
(item number 1)
(id 33d8fcb1-33b4-4328-93dc-7f5b8f097be0)
Import Duties (Ornamental Pottery)
(item number 1)
(id 790dc499-b5ba-4ba5-913d-0b40f4f19e82)
Scotland (Crofters Building Grants)
(item number 1)
(id 4a7d98f0-cf7c-4763-bd6b-85ebe0a267f9)
Written Answers
Content for Written Answers.
Written Answers To Questions
(item number 1)
(id 629abb41-89d6-4f75-9788-f0b488d85fda)
Tyneside Chamber Of Commerce (Resolution)
(item number 2)
(id 2fab9cb7-457b-4988-8c2e-483c5e459870)
Radioactivity
(item number 3)
(id 44af61d4-9270-49ca-9ef4-ccb4cd77dade)
Strontium 90
(item number 4)
(id 53fa4a29-3f7e-430a-90bd-42fc8a129197)
Scotland
Road Programme
(item number 1)
(id 8af95165-2b02-42f5-a655-75aa7bd9a23b)
River Purification Advisory Committee
(item number 1)
(id 46da2cbf-524f-4715-b346-4e27b5b58334)
British Transport Commission
(item number 1)
(id c3813d2a-305a-47de-8a9d-cc7045ea5e0d)
Lobster Fishing, Highlands And Islands
(item number 1)
(id 7088e16a-ea48-4a8e-a403-29b1135de421)
Poliomyelitis (Vaccine)
(item number 1)
(id 3ff1a8a9-46ce-4321-9683-623fc1c448d6)
Edinburgh University (Extensions)
(item number 1)
(id b838804f-60c1-4cce-8f61-22a17ee029f5)
New Town Development Corporations (Contributions)
(item number 1)
(id 8c133420-bdf6-459d-ac97-a314fbb6a55d)
Motorways (Alcoholic Drink)
(item number 1)
(id b1ce19eb-d8ab-4676-ae60-fa9f18a392a4)
Prisoners (Transfer)
(item number 1)
(id dc44b8cb-53e6-4127-9da4-a2dc4a305020)
Maternity Services (Report)
(item number 1)
(id 2ae0c5ee-8531-4330-88ec-bb0dc8d8ad92)
Trade And Commerce
Safety Standards (Toys)
(item number 1)
(id 5f51b7fb-a8c8-44b2-be8d-38e7343a9811)
Trade Mission To Russia
(item number 1)
(id c204f030-2e1a-4c99-b435-4c2a26774793)
Cotton Industry (Reorganisation)
(item number 1)
(id d47a2aea-cbc6-43d9-bd7b-ec5bd82ff9d4)
Luminous Watches
(item number 1)
(id 5e81d8fd-7c22-4f79-97e6-f7a842b8bcfd)
Ayrshire
(item number 1)
(id 9338b969-555d-4225-bf78-cfa233edac4d)
Boot And Shoe Firms
(item number 1)
(id 1522a33a-b488-469f-b8f1-b6237eab4020)
National Finance
Income Tax
(item number 1)
(id dc9b2741-37c6-443e-8196-8b3a64b92fa2)
Surtax
(item number 1)
(id ab435ac8-d0f3-4259-8186-017d9265e484)
Public Service Pensioners
(item number 1)
(id 15afc450-b6fa-455f-bd35-f653354eed4a)
Distribution Of Industry
(item number 1)
(id 1260a8de-4b0d-40d8-a545-daec02febac0)
Travelling Allowances
(item number 1)
(id 6ffe57c7-50dc-464b-91ec-325c214825d1)
Borrowings
(item number 1)
(id 74551db1-c476-4e8a-8aff-277c6e022951)
Civil Service Pensions
(item number 1)
(id 76f9d8dd-4be0-42ac-825d-119a885a931b)
Members (Visits Abroad)
(item number 1)
(id 16c368dd-8c33-4ea1-a32a-4801f8fa5cf5)
Local Government
Colne Valley Sewerage Board (Sewage Disposal)
(item number 1)
(id 05dc5184-3c9c-4829-bf17-014d8b2e01a9)
Welsh Advisory Water Committee
(item number 1)
(id 1e199979-dd54-4162-84d5-47077a69d017)
Playing Field, Penzance
(item number 1)
(id c96637c2-9911-4e47-9f27-dd482194da3f)
New Town Development Corporations (Contributions)
(item number 1)
(id fe86970b-0694-48a1-be82-8763181c36c0)
World Refugee Year
(item number 14)
(id 879fb266-91b8-4bc4-b33b-419c5e9a84a2)
Downloads
Download content and documents relevant to the day's proceedings.