House of Commons debates
Monday, 25 March 1968
- Preamble (0 speeches)
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
- Prayers (0 speeches)
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
- Oral Answers to Questions — Ministry of Labour (0 speeches)
- Unemployment and Unfilled Vacancies, Bournemouth (11 speeches)
asked the Minister of Labour what is the number of persons unemployed in Bournemouth and the number of unfilled vacancies at the latest available date.
- Selective Employment Tax (9 speeches)
asked the Minister of Labour whether he will now make a statement on the treatment of slaughterhouses following his review of Selective Employment Tax classifications.
- Building Industry, Scotland (Unemployment) (6 speeches)
Mr. Edward M. Taylor: asked the Minister of Labour how many people were unemployed in the building industry in Scotland at the most recent date for which figures are available; and what were the...
- New Jobs, Scotland (4 speeches)
asked the Minister of Labour what estimate has been made of the number of new jobs that will be created, in Scotland and Fife respectively, in the telecommunications industry in the next 12 months.
- United States Firms, Scotland (Trade Union Recognition) (6 speeches)
asked the Minister of Labour how many United States-owned firms operating in Scotland refuse to recognise trade unions; and what steps he intends to take to encourage these firms to conform to...
- Unemployment (14 speeches)
asked the Minister of Labour what change in unemployment levels in Scotland is forecast in the light of the Budget policy.
- Shipping Industry (Redundancy Payments Act) (4 speeches)
asked the Minister of Labour if he will seek to amend the Redundancy Payments Act so that it applies to redundancy in individual companies in the shipping industry and not to the industry as a whole.
- Departmental Staff, Portsmouth (4 speeches)
asked the Minister of Labour what action he has taken to improve the staffing of his Department in Portsmouth following recent closures in the neighbourhood.
- Unemployment, Portsmouth (4 speeches)
asked the Minister of Labour whether he will make a statement on the unemployment position in Portsmouth.
- Employment, Croydon (6 speeches)
asked the Minister of Labour if he will make a statement on the employment position in the London Borough of Croydon arising from local firms transferring work to other places.
- Earnings (8 speeches)
asked the Minister of Labour what has been the estimated increase in wage and salary rates and earnings for the latest available six-month period: and what is the expected increase during the...
- Salary and Wage Claims (6 speeches)
asked the Minister of Labour what is the total number of workers covered by salary and wage claims, respectively, notified to his Department during the last 12 months; and what percentages they...
- Unemployment, Bideford (4 speeches)
asked the Minister of Labour (1) what steps he is taking to overcome the high and increasing level of unemployment in the Bideford area; (2) what action he is taking to remedy the serious...
- £15 Minimum Wage (Inquiry) (10 speeches)
asked the Minister of Labour if he will agree to participation by his Department in the inquiry into the £15 minimum wage being carried out by the Confederation of British Industries and the...
- Agricultural, Horticultural and Forestry Industry Training Board (4 speeches)
asked the Minister of Labour why there are no farmers from the East Midlands on the Agricultural, Horticultural and Forestry Industry Training Board; and if he will take steps to remedy the position.
- Unemployment, Birmingham (29 speeches)
asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware of the emergence of a persisting higher total of unemployment in Birmingham; and when he expects this total to fall to a more normal level.
- Telecommunications Equipment (Manufacture) (4 speeches)
asked the Minister of Labour what estimate he has made of the number of people engaged in the manufacture of telecommunications equipment; how many are employed in the development areas; and...
- Retail Price Index (6 speeches)
asked the Minister of Labour what changes he proposes to make in the methods of obtaining the information on which the Retail Price Index is based.
- Training Facilities, West Midlands (4 speeches)
asked the Minister of Labour what steps he is taking to extend facilities for retraining in the West Midlands in the light of the recent figures for adult male unemployment in Birmingham.
- Mineworkers (Durham, Northumberland and Cumberland) (4 speeches)
asked the Minister of Labour if he will state the number of Mineworkers registered at employment exchanges in Durham, Northumberland and Cumberland, respectively.
- Industrial Training Boards (Apprenticeship System) (8 speeches)
asked the Minister of Labour what guidance he intends to give industrial training boards on the need for changes in the apprenticeship system.
- Office Employees (4 speeches)
asked the Minister of Labour if he will make a statement about the studies made in his Department of the increase in the number of office employees in recent years.
- Engineering Industry (4 speeches)
asked the Minister of Labour what was the total reduction in the numbers employed in the engineering industry during 1967.
- Engineering Industry Training Board (4 speeches)
asked the Minister of Labour whether he will investigate the possibility of dividing the Engineering Industry Training Board into a number of smaller boards.
- Training Boards (Staff) (6 speeches)
asked the Minister of Labour what is the total number of all staff, including office employees and instructors, employed at the latest available date by the various training boards which have...
- Manufacturing Industry (10 speeches)
asked the Minister of Labour the total reduction in numbers employed in manufacturing industry during 1967.
- Productivity Agreements (4 speeches)
asked the Minister of Labour how many staff in his Department are fully engaged in assisting industry to increase productivity agreements.
- Training Facilities (South-East London) (4 speeches)
asked the Minister of Labour what extra training facilities he now intends to provide in South-East London for 6,000 Associated Electrical Industries' employees who will have to seek alternative...
- Cost of Living Index (4 speeches)
asked the Minister of Labour what plans he has for revising the Cost of Living Index; and what extra items are to be included.
- Unemployment, Clacton-on-Sea (4 speeches)
asked the Minister of Labour the percentage of unemployed in Clacton-on-Sea in the last three months, respectively; and how this compares with the previous three years.
- Equal Pay (8 speeches)
Mr. Bob Brown: asked the Minister of Labour if he will make a statement on progress of discussions on the subject of equal pay in the context of Human Rights Year and the 50th anniversary of...
- Private Pension Schemes (Transferability) (4 speeches)
asked the Minister of Labour what proposals he has for improving transferability between private pension schemes.
- Aer Lingus Viscount Aircraft (Accident) (3 speeches)
(by Private Notice)asked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement about the search for the Aer Lingus Viscount EL 1712 which was due at Heathrow at 12.48 yesterday and...
- Busmen and Road Haulage Workers, Liverpool (Strike) (14 speeches)
(by Private Notice)asked the Minister of Labour, what steps he is taking following the telegrams sent to him on 21st March by the Merseyside Chamber of Commerce to end the unofficial strikes on...
- Questions to Ministers (2 speeches)
On a point of order, Mr. Speaker. May I refer you to a matter relating to Question No. 40, which I asked of the Minister of Labour a moment ago? When I asked him that Question, the reply which I...
- Orders of the Day — Ways and Means (0 speeches)
Order read for resuming adjourned debate on Question [19th March],
- Amendment of the Law (0 speeches)
That it is expedient to amend the law with respect to the National Debt and the public revenue and to make further provision in connection with finance, so, however, that, without prejudice to...
- Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation (88 speeches)
3.41 p.m.
- Business of the House (0 speeches)
Ordered,That the proceedings on Government Business may be entered upon and proceeded with at this day's Sitting at any hour, though opposed.—[The Prime Minister.]
- Ways and Means (1 speech)
I am now required under Standing Order 90(2) to put successively without further debate the Question on each of the remaining 34 Ways and Means Motions and the four Procedure Motions and on the...
- Spirits (Excise and Customs) (0 speeches)
Motion made, and Question,
- Wine (Customs) (0 speeches)
Motion made, and Question,That the duties of customs chargeable under section 3 of the Finance Act 1964 on wine, including the lees of wine— (a) shall, as from 20th March, 1968, be at the...
- British Wine (Excise) (0 speeches)
Motion made, and Question,
- Tobacco (Customs and Excise) (0 speeches)
Motion made, and Question,
- Hydrocarbon Oils (Customs and Excise) (0 speeches)
Motion made, and Question,
- Matches (Customs) (0 speeches)
Motion made, and Question,
- Mechanical Lighters (Customs) (0 speeches)
Motion made, and Question,
- Hops, Hop Oil, etc. (Customs) (0 speeches)
Motion made, and Question,
- Excise (General Betting Duty) (0 speeches)
Motion made, and Question,
- Excise (Pool Betting Duty) (0 speeches)
Motion made, and Question,
- Excise (Gaming Licence Duty) (0 speeches)
Motion made, and Question,
- Purchase Tax (0 speeches)
Motion made, and Question,
- Surcharges and Rebates in Respect of Revenue Duties (0 speeches)
Motion made, and Question,That the period after which orders under section 9 of the Finance Act 1961 may not be made or continue in force shall be ex tended until the end of August...
- Vehicles Excise Duty (0 speeches)
Motion made, and Question,That, in the case of licences taken out after 19th March 1968— (a) the annual rates of duty for licences (other than trade licences) for vehicles chargeable in...
- Income Tax (Charge and Rates for 1968–69) (0 speeches)
Motion made, and Question,That income tax for the year 1968–69 shall be charged at the standard rate of 8s. 3d. in the pound, and, in the case of an individual whose total income exceeds...
- Income Tax (Surtax Rates for 1967–68) (0 speeches)
Motion made, and Question,That income tax for the year 1967–68 shall be charged, in the case of an individual whose total income exceeded £2,000, at the same higher rates in respect of...
- Income Tax (Alterations in Personal Reliefs) (0 speeches)
Motion made, and Question,That— (a) for the year 1968–69 and subsequent years of assessment, section 13 of the Finance Act 1957 (relief for persons over 65 with small incomes) shall...
- Income Tax (Life Policies, Life Annuity Contracts and Capital Redemption Policies). (0 speeches)
That— (a) for the year 1967–68 and subsequent years of assessment—(i) relief under section 219 of the Income Tax Act 1952 in respect of premiums under policies of life insurance...
- Income Tax (Stock Dividend Options) (0 speeches)
Motion made, and Question,That for the year 1967–68 and subsequent years of assessment charges to income tax may be imposed by providing that share capital issued by a company in...
- Income Tax (General Annuities Paid by Non-Resident Life Assurance Com Panies). (0 speeches)
Motion made, and Question,That charges to income tax, including charges for past years of assessment, may be imposed by providing that a life assurance company not resident in the United Kingdom...
- Corporation Tax (Charge and Rate for Financial Year 1967) (0 speeches)
Motion made, and Question,That corporation tax shall be charged for the financial year 1967 at the rate of 42½ per cent.—[Mr. Roy Jenkins.]
- Profits Not Computed on Earnings Basis (Income Tax and Corporation Tax.) (0 speeches)
Motion made, and Question,That charges to income tax and corporation tax, including charges for past years of assessment and accounting periods, may be imposed by provisions about any trade,...
- Company Partnerships (Income Tax, Corporation Tax and Capital Gains Tax). (0 speeches)
Motion made, and Question,That charges to income tax, corporation tax and capital gains tax may be imposed by amendments of section 73 of the Finance Act 1965.—[Mr. Roy Jenkins.]
- Industrial Information and Tech Niques (Income Tax, Corporation Tax and Capital Gains Tax). (0 speeches)
Motion made, and Question,That charges to income tax, corporation tax and capital gains tax, including charges for past years of assessment or accounting periods, may be made— (a) by...
- Double Taxation Relief (Income Tax, Corporation Tax and Capital Gains Tax). (0 speeches)
Motion made, and Question,That where credit for foreign tax falls to be allowed in respect of any income or gains, new provision may be made for computing the amount of the income or gains for...
- Capital Gains (Capital Gains Tax, Corporation Tax and Income Tax) (0 speeches)
Motion made, and Question,That charges to capital gains tax, corporation tax and income tax may be imposed by provisions about— (a) assets held on 6th April 1965,(b) wasting assets,(c) the...
- Tax on Capital Gains (Consequential Charges) (0 speeches)
Motion made, and Question,That it is expedient to authorise any charges to capital gains tax, or any charges to corporation tax in respect of chargeable gains, including a charge for a past year...
- Estate Duty (0 speeches)
Motion made, and Question,That in the case of a death after 19th March 1968— (a) periods of seven years before the date of the death shall be substituted for the periods of five years which...
- Special Charge (0 speeches)
Motion made, and Question,That where the investment income of an individual for the year 1967–68, ascertained as Parliament may determine, exceeds £3,000 plus his surtax personal...
- Selective Employment Tax (0 speeches)
Motion made, and Question,That the weekly amount payable by way of selective employment tax in respect of any person shall be increased— (a) if that person is a man over the age of 18, to...
- Interest on Overdue Tax (0 speeches)
Motion made, and Question,That, as respects tax becoming due and payable on or after 1st July 1968, two months shall be substituted for three months in section 495(2) of the Income Tax Act 1952...
- Betterment Levy (Minerals) (0 speeches)
Motion made, and Question,That further provision may be made as to the application of Part III of the Land Commission Act 1967 to minerals and mining leases and royalties, with any consequential...
- Provisional Collection of Taxes (0 speeches)
Motion made, and Question,That amendments may be made to the Provisional Collection of Taxes Act 1968. [Mr. Roy Jenkins.]
- Relief from Tax (Incidental and Consequential Charges) (0 speeches)
Motion made, and Question,That it is expedient to authorise any incidental or consequential charges to any duty or tax (including charges having retrospective effect) which may arise from...
- Procedure (Children's Income Other than Earned Income) (0 speeches)
Motion made, and Question,That notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the practice of the House relating to the matters which may be included in Finance Bills, provision may be made in any ...
- Procedure (Exchange Control) (0 speeches)
Motion made, and Question,That notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the practice of the House relating to the matters which may be included in Finance Bills, provision may be made in any...
- Procedure (Sugar Act 1956) (0 speeches)
Motion made, and Question,That, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the practice of the House relating to the matters which may be included in Finance Bills, provision may be made in any...
- Procedure (Social Services Agreement with Northern Ireland) (0 speeches)
Motion made, and Question,That notwithstanding anything to the contary in the practice of the House relating to the matters which may be included in Finance Bills, provision may be made in any...
- Finance [Money] (0 speeches)
Queen's Recommendation having been signified—
- Finance (0 speeches)
Bill to grant certain duties, to alter other duties, and to amend the law relating to the National Debt and the Public Revenue, and to make further provision in connection with Finance, presented...
- Rate Support Grant (Scotland) (57 speeches)
10.32 p.m.
- Bootle (Extension) Order (4 speeches)
12.4 a.m.
- Market Development Scheme (7 speeches)
12.23 a.m.
- NEW TOWNS (SCOTLAND) BILL [Lords] (1 speech)
Order for Second Reading read.
- Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Bill (0 speeches)
Order for Second Reading read.
- Draughtsmen, Glenrothes (Pay) (4 speeches)
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Fitch.]
