Wednesday, 23 April 1941
[MR.SPEAKER in the Chair.]
KENT ELECTRIC POWER BILL (By Order)
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (I) whether it is possible for a British firm with branches at Tientsin and Shanghai to transfer goods from stocks at one branch to the other...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether Mr. Matsuoka received an invitation from His Majesty's Government to visit this country during his recent visit to Europe?
asked the Secretary of State for Air whether he is aware that applicants for commissioned rank in interviewing their commanding officers have to do so in the presence of a non-commissioned...
asked the Secretary of State for Air the number of pigeons from the United States of America accepted for use overseas, and the countries in which they are going to be used?
asked the Secretary of State for Air whether he will make a full statement showing the position of a separated wife regarding her claim to a separation allowance for herself and the children of...
asked the Minister of Transport whether he is able to account for the large increase in the registrations of private motor-cars during the last year; and whether he proposes to introduce any...
asked the Minister of Transport what result has been reached to date in response to his urge to highway authorities for the release for agricultural work of unnecessary road labour; and what is...
asked the Secretary for Mines whether he is aware that many miners have to travel long distances to the colliery from their homes; that this means a reduced wage because of the fares they have to...
asked the Minister of Information how many of the 50 senior officers of the Ministry were previously heads of important publicity organisations, or managing directors or editors of any of our...
asked the Minister of Information whether he is aware that German reports to the effect that the British were withdrawing from Greece, that the Admiralty had ordered the Greek navy to escort the...
asked the Minister of Information whether he will re-investigate the news on Libya recently issued by the British Broadcasting Corporation to see how much of it has proved to be misleading?
asked the Minister of Information whether his Department admits the right of a Member of Parliament to prevent the holding of any meetings in his constituency, even though an all-party local...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Works and Buildings whether he is in a position to state how much land in the Royal Parks is now under cultivation to grow foodstuffs; and...
Mr. De la Bére: asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether, in connection with the cheese ration for agricultural workers, he will put on the same footing with the...
Mr. David Adams: asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food whether he is aware that certain large milk distributors are now delivering milk on six instead of seven days per week...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Food why it has been decided that neither tea nor any other rationed foods shall be used in the supplying of meals to fire-watchers?
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he proposes to requisition fishing boats not required for Naval use for full-time fishing, with captains and crews salaried by his Ministry; and what...
asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is aware of the harm caused by the imposition of petrol rationing in British Guiana alone amongst West Indian Colonies; and whether...
asked the Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he is aware that the need for some welfare schemes in British Guiana has been accentuated by war conditions; and whether the special...
asked the Undersecretary of State for the Colonies whether he has taken, or will take, any steps further to secure a sufficient supply of foodstuffs in Nigeria; whether he is also aware that...
asked the Secretary of State for War the name of the expert consultant called in to advise on the camp construction; and at what stage in the construction his advice was sought?
asked the Secretary of State for War whether there is any regulation which permits senior officers to travel in forward areas of battle without adequate protection; and, if not, will he take...
asked the Secretary of State for War how many claims have been settled by the War Department land agent for a refundment of a proportion of the rent paid in connection with the huts and bungalows...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will now consider raising the outfit allowance of young officers on first appointment, as £30 since the introduction of the Purchase Tax is...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he has any information regarding the conditions in the two so-called reprisal camps in Posen Stalag XXA and Stalag XXID; and whether the German...
asked the Minister of Pensions whether he will consider the need and advisability of setting up appeal tribunals to whom persons could appeal who are not satisfied with the. decisions of his Ministry?
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will give an assurance that in any proposals for the telescoping of industry and the consequent closing of business concerns that will be...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether the Stock Exchange is registered under the provisions of the Prevention of Fraud (Investments) Act, 1939; whether his attention has been called...
asked the Minister of Health what Department is responsible for reporting when a reception area is full; whether he is aware that the Services press for accommodation for the Forces, the local...
asked the Minister of Health whether he is aware of the disproportionate rents still being charged by householders to sub-tenants who have evacuated from bombed areas; that teachers and other...
asked the Minister of Health, whether he will consider the compulsory evacuation from London of all mothers and children not required for the prosecution of the war; and whether similar action...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department to what extent the evidence in his possession goes to show that frequently in some districts shelters have been used for immoral purposes...
asked the Home Secretary whether he is aware that Mr. Arnold Leese has been on hunger strike in detention since 4th March as a protest against wrongful detention; and whether he will say for what...
asked the Prime Minister whether he will consider setting up a Royal Commission on Education, with a view to co-ordinating all our educational facilities, especially the public schools, in order...
asked the Minister without Portfolio what steps he is taking to consider the operation of the Workmen's Compensation Acts; whether it is proposed to call for a resumption of the sittings of the...
asked the Minister of Supply when the reports of the special committee set up to deal with the question of collection and disposal of. kitchen waste food will be available?
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps he is taking to assist local authorities to convert municipal stock bearing interest of 4 per cent, and over; and what conditions he is asking...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, in the proposal to introduce compulsory savings by imposing Income Tax upon earnings at a lower level, he gave consideration to the unequal manner...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he is aware of the increasing permeation of German personnel to Iraq and the consequent danger to our oil supplies as well as other...
asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Works and Buildings whether he is aware that two elderly ladies, lifelong residents in the area, whose furniture has been moved as their...
asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether he will make a full statement showing the position of a separated wife regarding her claim to a separation allowance for herself and the children...
asked the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has any statement to make on the subject of the relations of His Majesty's Government with the Yugoslav Government?
[MR.SPEAKER in the Chair.]
Resolutions reported:
1."That the period for which the following duties of customs are chargeable (which expires on the fifteenth day of August, nineteen hundred and forty-one) shall be extended by four years, namely:...
2."That— (a) income tax for the year 1941-42 shall be charged at the standard rate of ten shillings in the pound, and, in the case of an individual whose total income exceeds one thousand...
3. "That the income tax for the year1940–41 shall be charged at rates exceeding the standard rate in the case of individuals whose total incomes exceed two thousand pounds, and those rates...
4. "That 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, namely:—...
5"That farming (including the occupation of lands as nurseries and market gardens)shall be taxed as a trade under Schedule D, in accordance with such provisions as Parliament may determine by any...
6. "That the trades of the persons who are parties to arrangements for concentrating industry or business in the hands of fewer persons shall be treated for income tax purposes as continuing and...
7. "That in computing profits or gains or total income for any income tax purpose, no deduction shall be made for payments, to or in respect of employees who sustain war injuries or for premiums...
8. "That— (a) assessments made under Rule 8 of No. VII of Schedule A shall be valid although not made on the person who should have been assessed;(b) further provision shall be made as to...
9 "That any payment made in respect of land in Scotland for a Period ending on the fifteenth day of May in any year, being a payment to which section seventeen of the Finance Act, 1940 (which...
10. "That the extent and incidence of excess profits tax (for past and future chargeable accounting periods) shall be varied so as to give effect: — (a)to amendments as to standard profits...
11. "That the extent and incidence of the National Defence Contribution (for past and future chargeable accounting periods) shall be varied so as to give effect to amendments as to the...
12. "That the whole or any part of the sums required for the current financial year for the purposes mentioned in paragraph (a) or paragraph (b) of sub-section (4) of section twenty-three of the...
Second Resolution read a Second time.
Fifth Resolution read a Second time.
Seventh Resolution read a Second time.
Eighth Resolution read a Second time.
Tenth Resolution read a Second time.
Twelfth Resolution read a Second time.
First Resolution:
That it is expedient to amend the law relating to National Debt and the Public Revenue, and to make further provision in connection with finance.
" to grant certain Duties, to alter other Duties and to amend the law relating to the Public Revenue and the National Debt and to make further provision in connection with finance," presented...
Considered in Committee
Considered in Committee; reported, without amendment; read the Third time, and passed., without Amendment.
Resolved, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. Munro.]
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