Expiring Laws Continuance
Bill to continue certain expiring laws, presented by Sir E. Boyle; read the First time; to be read a Second time Tomorrow and to be printed. [Bill 1.]
Tanganyika Independence
Bill to make provision for, and in connection with, the attainment by Tanganyika of fully responsible status within the Commonwealth, presented by Mr. Maudling; supported by the Prime Minister, Mr. R. A. Butler, Mr. Sandys, Mr. Iain Macleod, and Mr. Vosper; read the First time; to be read a Second time Tomorrow and to be printed. [Bill 2.]
Commonwealth Immigrants
Bill to make temporary provision for controlling the immigration into the United Kingdom of Commonwealth citizens; to authorise the deportation from the United Kingdom of certain Commonwealth citizens convicted of offences and recommended by the court for deportation; to amend the qualifications required of Commonwealth citizens applying for citizenship under the British Nationality Act, 1948; to make corresponding provisions in respect of British protected persons and citizens of the Republic of Ireland; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid, presented by Mr. R. A. Butler; supported by Mr. Sandys, Mr. Iain Macleod, Mr. Maudlin g, Mr. Hare, the Attorney-General, and Mr. Renton; read the First time; to be read a Second time Tomorrow and to be printed. [Bill 3.]
Southern Rhodesia (Constitution)
Bill to provide for the grant of a new constitution for Southern Rhodesia, presented by Mr. Sandys; supported by Mr. Braine; read the First time; to be read a Second time Tomorrow and to be printed. [Bill 4.]
Family Allowances And National Insurance
Bill to improve and extend the allowances payable out of the Industrial Injuries Fund in respect of injury or disease arising out of pre-1948 employment; to amend the National Insurance (Industrial Injuries) Acts, 1946 to 1960, and the National Insurance Acts, 1946 to 1960, as regards the circumstances giving a right to or affecting the continuance or rate of certain benefits, as regards the references in certain provisions relating to contributions to an income not exceeding one hundred and fifty-six pounds a year or to remuneration not exceeding sixty shillings a week, and as regards matters connected with the administration of the Acts and the making and operation of orders and regulations thereunder; to make further provision as to sums wrongly paid by way of benefit under those Acts or by way of family allowance; to alter the meaning in those Acts and the Family Allowances Acts, 1945 to 1959, of the Word "child"; to provide for certain expenses of the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance; and for purposes connected therewith, presented by Mr. Boyd-Carpenter; supported by Mr. Iain Macleod, Mr. Hare, Mr. Sharpies, and Mrs. Thatcher; read the First time; to be read a Second time Tomorrow and to be printed. [Bill 5.]
Forth And Clyde Canal (Extinguishment Of Rights Of Navigation)
Bill to extinguish any right of navigation on the Forth and Clyde Canal, and the obligations upon the British Transport Commission to keep that canal open and to maintain it for purposes of navigation, presented by Mr. Maclay; supported by Mr. Brooman-White and Mr. Hay; read the First time; to be read a Second time Tomorrow and to be printed. [Bill 6.]
Housing (Scotland)
Bill to make further arrangements for the giving of financial assistance for the provision and improvement of housing accommodation in Scotland and for building experiments in connection therewith; to amend as respects Scotland the law relating to the permitted increase of rent in respect of improvements, to houses unfit for human habitation, and to the obligations of lessors and lessees as to repairs under short leases of houses; to make further provision for default of Scottish local authorities in their duties as to the fixing of rents; to amend in minor particulars the Housing (Scotland) Act, 1950; to enable the Secretary of State to acquire shares of authorised societies within the meaning of the Housing Act, 1914, and to dispose of moneys accruing to him from those and other shares; and for purposes connected with any of those matters, presented by Mr. Maclay; supported by Sir E. Boyle and Mr. T. G. D. Galbraith; read the First time; to be read a Second time Tomorrow and to be printed. [Bill 7.]
Local Government (Financial Provisions Etc) (Scotland)
Bill to provide in respect of the year 1961–62 for revision of the apportionment of expenditure and of general grants among local authorities in Scotland; to make further provision as respects Scotland with respect to the amounts payable in lieu of rates or by way of rates by the British Transport Commission, Electricity Boards and Gas Boards, with respect to relief from rates of charitable and other similar bodies, with respect to sums borrowed by local authorities and with respect to Valuation Appeal Committees, demand notes for rates, and corrections of the valuation roll; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid, presented by Mr. Maclay; supported by Sir E. Boyle and Mr. T. G. D. Galbraith; read the First time; to be read a Second time Tomorrow and to be printed. [Bill 8.]
Export Guarantees
Bill to increase the limit imposed by section two of the Export Guarantees Act, 1949, as amended by any subsequent enactment, on the liabilities which may be undertaken by the Board of Trade in respect of guarantees under that section and certain other transactions under the Export Guarantees Acts, 1949 to 1959, presented by Mr. Erroll; supported by Mr. Vosper, Sir K. Joseph, and Sir E. Boyle; read the First time; to be read a Second time Tomorrow and to be printed. [Bill 9.]
Transport
Bill to provide for the reorganisation of the nationalised transport undertakings now carried on under the Transport Act, 1947, and for that purpose to provide for the establishment of public authorities as successors to the British Transport Commission, and for the transfer to them of undertakings, parts of undertakings, property, rights, obligations and liabilities; to repeal certain enactments relating to transport charges and facilities and to amend in other respects the law relating to transport, inland waterways, harbours and port facilities; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid, presented by Mr. Marples; supported by the Prime Minister, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Maclay, Mr. Hare, Mr. Erroll, and Mr. Hay; read the First time; to be read a Second time Tomorrow and to be printed. [Bill 10.]