Tuesday, 22 April 1947
The House met at Half past Two o'Clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
asked the Minister of Town and Country Planning when the Report on the Conservation of Wild Life of the National Park Committee, promised early in 1947, will be available
asked the Minister of Town and Country Planning how many applications have been made to him for interim preservation orders under Section 8 of the Town and Country Planning (Interim Development)...
asked the Minister of Town and Country Planning if he will include in the "Planning Manual" the suggestion that local authorities wishing to establish animal clinics should consult the R.S.P.C.A....
asked the Minister of Town and Country Planning whether his attention has been drawn to the threat to the dominance of St. Paul's presented by the proposal to erect a large power station on...
asked the Minister of Town and Country Planning whether in view of the urgent need for legislation establishing a series of national parks in this country, he will indicate when the Hobhouse...
asked the Minister of National Insurance whether he has yet appointed a regional director or chief officer for the South-West of England to administer the National Insurance Act; what...
asked the Minister of National Insurance if he will explain the delay in answering inquiries by Mr. Washer, Plynlimmon, Chelsfield, Kent, particulars of which have been sent to him; and if he...
Lieut.-Commander Clark Hutchison: asked the Minister of National Insurance if he will give an assurance that he will consult with organisations representative of disabled ex-Servicemen before...
asked the Minister of National Insurance what steps he proposes to take to rectify the anomaly arising from the fact that, during the recent crisis, people who became unemployed after 10th...
asked the Minister of National Insurance (1) what is the percentage of men and women on the register of the Unemployment Assistance Board in North Staffordshire who are no longer considered to be...
asked the Minister of National Insurance what steps he is taking to strengthen the staff of the Silicosis Medical Board in South Wales.
Mrs. Braddock: asked the Minister of National Insurance why the pension books of Mrs. Dixon, 20, Shotwick Street, Liverpool, have not been returned to her since October, 1946; and if he is aware...
asked the Minister of National Insurance whether he is aware of the hardship caused to many old age pensioners as a result of the recent substantial increases in rates levied by local...
asked the Minister of Labour what has been the response to the Government's appeal for more women to enter industry up to date
asked the Minister of Labour the approximate number of men who retired from employment at 65 years of age during the quarter ended 31st March, 1947.
asked the Minister of Labour how many foreign worker; were given employment in British industry during the quarter ended 31st March, 1947.
asked the Minister of Labour how the volume of work being carried out by resettlement advice centres compares with the amount carried out six months ago.
asked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that local authorities and other public bodies frequently stipulate when advertising for posts that no person over the age of 45 years should...
asked the Minister of Labour how many former Italian prisoners of war have been allowed to return to this country since 31st July, 1946, in order to work on farms; how many have been given...
asked the Minister of Labour whether, in view of the length of the architectural course, he will arrange for all students who will have completed two years' national service by August, 1947, to...
Lieut.-Commander Clark Hutchison: asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he is aware of the concern felt in Edinburgh at the number of dwelling-houses suitable for the housing of...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland when delivery will be made of the aluminium houses for Eastriggs which were due to be delivered last November.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make a statement as to the Report of the Scottish Housing Advisory Committee on the modernisation of existing houses.
Lady Grant: asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he will ask that the Report of the Committee of Inquiry into the Eviction of Shopkeepers may be presented to him well before 28th...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he will arrange with the education authorities in Glasgow that they, in common with the other education authorities in Scotland, will agree to...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he has considered the resolution, a copy of which has been sent to him, passed at a recent meeting of the National Farmers' Union of Scotland...
Mrs. Braddock: asked the Secretary of State for War if he is yet able to give a reply regarding service personnel in the Outram Road Civil Prison, Singapore.
Mrs. Braddock: asked the Secretary of State for War if he will hold a full inquiry into the circumstances in which Forces personnel in Egypt have been issued with stockings, labelled a gift from...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that, following the permission of his Department to the people of Eritrea to form political organisations, Eritrean districts opened...
asked the Secretary of State for War if he will arrange for the early removal of over 1,000 land mines still set in the cliffs between Mundesley and Sidestrand, Norfolk, pending which if he will...
asked the Secretary of State for War if he will review the sentence of 84 days' detention passed on 14538111 Lance-Corporal K. Stedman, of Depot Battalion, R.A.S.C., Thetford, in view of the...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he will make arrangements for British subjects, who were detained in France during the war in concentration camps or otherwise, to be eligible for...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether it is proposed to publish the balance sheet and accounts of the Royal Tournament to be held at Olympia from 12th to 28th June, 1947.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what procedure exists at the present time, and to what extent he is using it, whereby unused credits caused by favourable balances of trade with soft...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what part of the cost of erecting and maintaining illegal Jewish immigrant camps falls upon the British taxpayer.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, in view of the decision to make Government grants to assist victims of the recent floods, he will now reconsider the refusal to contribute from...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will stop the issue of Pay As You Earn booklets to employers whose servants are not liable for Income Tax.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if the donations which farmers make to the Agricultural Disaster Fund will be treated as a business expense for Income Tax purposes.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what discussions he had with the United States Government before deciding to raise the duty on tobacco.
Mr. Richard Adams: asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what sums were allotted during 1946 to travellers from this country for commercial and non-commercial uses outside the sterling area
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will give his estimate of the extent to which British holdings of U.S. dollars will be depleted by the operation of Article 8 of the Anglo-Italian...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer, at the last convenient date, the total of sterling balances held by Norway.
Mr. De la Bère: asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will expedite his inquiries into the number of civil servants employed by the various Ministries and take steps to secure a...
Motion made, and Question put, That the Proceedings on Government Business be exempted, at this day's Sitting,
REPORT [15th April]
1. "That, as from six o'clock in the evening on the fifteenth day of April, nineteen hundred and forty-seven— (a) the rate of any rebate allowed under Section two of the Finance Act, 1928,...
2. "That, as from the sixteenth day of April, nineteen hundred and forty-seven, in lieu of the full and preferential duties of customs theretofore chargeable on tobacco imported into the United...
3. "That, as from the sixteenth day of April, nineteen hundred and forty-seven, in lieu of the duties of excise theretofore charge able on tobacco grown in the United Kingdom, there shall be...
4. "That, as respects tobacco on which there have been paid duties of customs or excise at the increased rates for which pro vision is made by any Resolution of the Committee of Ways and Means...
5. "That as from the first day of May, nineteen hundred and forty-seven— (a) the duties of excise on artificial silk singles yarn or straw and on a licence to be taken out annually by a...
6. "That no allowance shall be paid under Section eleven of the Finance Act, 1946, in respect of any artificial silk on which a duty of customs has been paid contained in yarn or tissue used in...
7. "That— (a) as from the sixteenth day of April, nineteen hundred and forty-seven, purchase tax shall be charged in respect of goods of the classes specified in the following Table—...
Domestic appliances and domestic apparatus, being appliances and apparatus of a kind suitable for operation from electric or gas mains, but not including—
8. "That, as from the sixteenth day of April, nineteen hundred and forty-seven, subject to any subsequent order under Section twenty of the Finance (No. 2) Act, 1940,— (a) purchase tax...
Class of goods becoming exempt
Classes of goods becoming chargeable at reduced rate
Classes of goods becoming chargeable at basic rate
9. "That— (a) income tax for the year 1947–48 shall be charged at the standard rate of nine shillings in the pound, and, in the case of an individual whose total income exceeds two...
10. "That— (a) Subsection (r) of Section fifteen of the Finance Act, 1925 (which, as amended by subsequent enactments, provides for a deduction of tax on an amount equal to one-eighth, of...
11. "That, save in so far as may be otherwise provided by any Act of the present Session relating to Finance, animals and other living creatures kept for the purposes of farming or for the...
12. "That the extent and incidence of in come tax, for the year 1946–47 and subsequent years of assessment, shall be varied so as to give effect to amendments of the law relating to the...
13. "That, as respects past, present and future years of assessment, the law applicable to the income tax of the National Coal Board and the other persons concerned shall be amended -in relation...
14. "That any exceptional depreciation allowance in respect of a building or structure for the year of assessment in which the appointed day (within the meaning of the Income Tax Act, 1945) falls...
15. "That it is expedient to impose liability to income tax where benefits (including benefits which are to be enjoyed only on the happening of particular contingencies) are or are to be procured...
16. "That the extent and incidence of the profits tax (for past and future chargeable accounting periods) be varied so as to give effect to amendments as to the rate of the tax, the scope of the...
17. "That the extent and incidence of excess profits tax (for all chargeable accounting periods) be varied so as to give effect to amendments as to the meaning of the expression 'remuneration' in...
18. "That there shall be charged on legacies derived from a testator or intestate dying on or after the sixteenth day of April, nineteen hundred and forty-seven, and successions arising on or...
19. "That the stamp duties charged under or by reference to the headings Conveyance or Transfer, whether on sale or otherwise,' 'Conveyance or Transfer on sale of any property 'and' Lease or...
20. "That (a) the stamp duties charged on marketable securities, share warrants and stock certificates to bearer, and on other instruments to bearer, shall be double those now chargeable;(b) the...
21. "That— (a) the stamp duty charged on loan capital under Section eight of the Finance Act, 1899, shall be double that now chargeable;(b) the stamp duties charged under or by reference to...
22. "That where on or after the sixteenth day of April, nineteen hundred and forty-seven, a company issues any shares or other securities or increases the rights or reduces the liabilities...
23. "That the sum of nine hundred and seventy-three thousand and forty-one pounds fourteen shillings and sixpence be paid out of the Essential Commodities Reserves Fund into the Exchequer."
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House doth agree with the Committee in the said Resolution."
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House cloth agree with the Committee in the said Resolution."
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House doth agree with the Committee in the said Resolution."
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House doth agree with the Committee in the said Resolution."
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House doth agree with the Committee in the said Resolution."
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House doth agree with the Committee in the said Resolution."
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House doth agree with the Committee in the said Resolution."
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House doth agree with the Committee in the said Resolution."
Considered in Committee.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That Mr. Herbert Morrison and Mr. Montague be discharged from the Committee of Privileges and that Mr. Thomas Reid and Mr. Edward Davies be added."—[Mr....
Resolved: That the Order made by the Secretary of State for the Home Department, extending Section I of the Sunday Entertainments Act, 1932, to the Borough of Chipping Norton, a copy of which...
Motion made and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. Michael Stewart.]
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