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Commons Hansard for 17 December 1959 (Volume 615)
From the digitised editions of archive material. Last updated
12 May 2018 at 5.37pm.
Commons Chamber
Record of debates that happened in the House of Commons main chamber.
House Of Commons
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Prayers
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Oral Answers To Questions
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Home Department
Corporal Punishment
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Housing Estates, London (Patrolling)
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Training School, Redhill (Visits)
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Albert Medal
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Industrial Injuries (Deaths)
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Jurors' Allowances
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Service Voters
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Removal Of Vehicles (Contents)
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Prisoners (National Insurance)
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Motor Vehicles (Dangerous Loads)
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Stipendiary Magistrates (Police Evidence)
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Motoring Offences (Ticket System)
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Police (Royal Commission)
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House Of Commons Proceedings (Television)
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Central Africa (Advisory Commission)
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Royal Ballet Company
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Summit Talks
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Oman Campaign (Award)
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Home Secretary (Statement)
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Questions To Ministers
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Sentenced Persons
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Pig Industry
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Under-Developed Territories (Aid)
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National Service (Hardship Cases)
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Western European Union (Armaments Control Agency)
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Royal Assent
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Western European Union (Armaments Control Agency)
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Maternity Beds, Glasgow
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St Luke's Printing Works, Finsbury (Use)
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Bernard Shaw's Legacy
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Written Answers
Content for Written Answers.
Written Answers To Questions
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Home Department
Wiveliscombe And Wellington Petty Sessional Divisions
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Commercial Motor Vehicles (Exhaust Fumes)
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Protection Of Animals Act, 1911
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Vehicles (Dangerous Liquids And Gases)
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Stowaway (Sentence)
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Aliens, Swindon
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Mr David Sardell
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Air-Raid Shelters
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Crimes Of Violence, Metropolitan Police District
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Children And Young Persons (Departmental Committee)
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Register Of Voters
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Immigrants, Commonwealth Countries
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Maintenance Orders Act, 1958
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Immigrants (Information Leaflet)
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New Prison, Dartmoor (Public Inquiry)
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Shops Act, 1950
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Books (Confiscation)
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Police Officers (Pay)
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Police Authorities, England (Vacancies)
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Litter Act
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Young Offenders (Treatment)
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Homosexual Offences
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General Elections (Postal Votes)
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Road Traffic Act, 1956 (Section 8)
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Republic Of Ireland
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Education
Grammar, Technical And Secondary Modern Schools
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Secondary Education (Selection)
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Burnham Committee (National Association Of Schoolmasters)
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Pakistani And Indian Children (English Lessons)
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Teacher Training (Grants)
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Schools, Hebburn
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College Of Technologists (Membership)
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Agriculture, Fisheries And Food
Withies (Somerset)
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Grassland Utilisation (Committee's Report)
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Imported Canned Meat
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Bacon And Ham
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Fish Meal (Imports From Peru)
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Tree Planting
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Bacon
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Agricultural Workers (Safety, Health And Welfare Regulations)
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Soft Drinks (Food Standards Committee)
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Foot-And-Mouth Disease
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Forestry Commission (Employees)
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National Finance
Bank Notes (Design)
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Her Majesty's Stationery Office (Monthly Catalogues)
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Lifeboat Crews (Income Tax)
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International Trade
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Profits (Schedule D Assessment)
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Highlands And Islands (Industrial Finance)
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Scotland (Industrial Finance)
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Travel To Work (Fares)
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£ Sterling (Purchasing Power)
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Balance Of Payments
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International Monetary Fund (Standby Arrangement)
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Cast-Iron Holloware (Purchase Tax)
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Société D'investissements Mobiliers
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Trade And Commerce
Fertiliser Industry (Report)
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Anglo-Irish Trade
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Waste Paper
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Industrial Development, Dorset
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Scotland
Voters
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School Dental Service
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Nicolson Institute, Stornoway
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Road Schemes
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Coal Industry, Fife
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Forth Road Bridge
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Land, Fife
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Cowdenbeath
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Housing, Ross And Cromarty (Ex-Service Men)
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Disabled Children
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Brevig Pier, Isle Of Lewis
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Lochportain Road, North Uist
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Road Scheme And Jetty, Isle Of Eriskay
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Smokeless Zones
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The Highlands (Road And Marine Works)
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Road, Kyles Flodda
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Hearing Aids
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Glasgow-Carlisle Trunk Road
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Draft Stopping Up Of Highways (Ayrshire) Order
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Unsafe Houses, Edinburgh
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Postal Votes
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Employment
Wages
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Coal Miners (National Service)
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Nato (Spain)
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Therapeutic Substances (Agreement)
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Egypt (Arabic And Swahili Broadcasts)
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Royal Air Force
Voluntary Study (Professional Qualifications)
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Swinderby (Water Supplies)
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Aden (Press Statement)
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Assizes (Commission Day)
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Railways
Western Suburban System (Passenger Services)
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Deputation (Member For Ross And Cromarty)
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Victoria Line (London Travel Committee's Report)
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