Friday, 29 September 1939
The House met at Eleven of the Clock, Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair.
For the County of Hants (Fareham Division) in the room of the Rt. Hon. Sir Thomas Walker Hobart Inskip now Viscount Caldecote, C.B.E., Lord Chancellor of Great Britain. — [Captain Margesson.]
asked the Minister of Labour whether men in reserved occupations who have been discharged on account of lack of work are being refused for His Majesty's forces and National Service?
asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that certain colliery managers are telling their workmen that the Control of Employment Act prevents them changing their employment from one mine...
asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster whether he will reconsider the meat depot and slaughterhouse arrangements for Glamorganshire, particularly as regards provision of depots for...
asked the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster whether birth certificates for dependants of members of His Majesty's fighting forces will be provided free or at a nominal charge?
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Information whether he will consider using the knowledge and experience of the large advertising firms to put out propaganda in its most...
Miss Rathbone: asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of In- formation whether he will publish as a White Paper translations of all the leaflets hitherto distributed in Germany and...
Miss Rathbone: asked the Minister of Health whether any systematic review has been, or will be, made, through the hospital or medical authorities or otherwise, of all the cases evacuated from...
Can the Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury say for what purpose it is proposed to move the suspension of the Four o'Clock Rule to-day?
Resolutions reported:
1. "That on and after the twenty-eighth day of September, nineteen hundred and thirty-nine—
2. "That on and after the twenty-eighth day of September, nineteen hundred and thirty-nine—
5. "That, on and after the twenty-eighth day of September, nineteen hundred and thirty-nine, in lieu of the duties of customs theretofore chargeable on wines, there shall
3. "That on and after the twenty-eighth day of September, nineteen hundred and thirty-nine, the rate of the duty of excise charged on spirits by subsection (2) of Section three of the Finance...
4. "That on and after the twenty-eighth day of September, nineteen hundred and thirty-nine the duties of customs charged on spirits of the descriptions set out in the first column of the...
6. "That, on and after the twenty-eighth day of September, nineteen hundred and thirty-nine, the date of the duty of excise on sweets shall be increased from seven shillings and sixpence to nine...
7. "That, on and after the twenty-eighth day of September, nineteen hundred and thirty-nine, in lieu of the full duties of customs theretofore chargeable on tobacco irr- ported into the United...
8. "That on and after the twenty-eighth day of September, nineteen hundred and thirty-nine, in lieu of the duties of excise theretofore chargeable on tobacco grown in the United Kingdom, there...
9. "That, as respects tobacco on which there have been paid duties of customs or excise at the increased rates for which provision is made by any Resolution passed by the Committee of Ways and...
10. "That after five o'clock in the evening on the twenty-seventh day of September, nineteen hundred and thirty-nine, the duties of customs on sugar, molasses, glucose and saccharin, shall be...
11. "That after five o'clock in the evening of the twenty-seventh day of September, nineteen hundred and thirty-nine, the duties of excise on sugar, molasses; glucose and saccharin, shall be at...
12. "That, in the case of sugar and molasses produced in the United Kingdom from material on which a duty of customs or excise is shown to the satisfaction of the Commissioners of Customs and...
13. "That— (a)the standard rate of income tax for the year 1939–40 shall, as respects the last three quarters of the year, be increased by two shillings to seven shillings and...
14. "That income tax for the year 1938–39 in respect of the excess of the total income of an individual over two thousand pounds shall, instead of being charged at the rates mentioned in...
15. "That— (a) the following enactments relating to reliefs and exemption from tax shall be amended as Parliament may provide by any Act of the present Session relating to income tax,...
16. "That relief from income tax for the year 1939–40 be given to individuals whose actual earned income for that year is, owing to circumstances connected with the war, less than their...
17. "That in the case of persons dying after the twenty-seventh day of September, nineteen hundred and thirty-nine, the rates of Estate duty shall be — (a) as respects estates the principal...
Resolution reported: Charge of Excess Profits Tax.
to increase certain duties of Customs and Excise, to increase the standard rate of Income Tax for the year 1939–40 and the higher rates of Income Tax for the year 1938–39, and to...
Resolved, "That this House do now adjourn." — [Captain Waterhouse.]
Debates in the House of Commons are an opportunity for MPs from all parties to scrutinise government legislation and raise important local, national or topical issues.
And sometimes to shout at each other.
