Monday, 16 June 1947
The House met at Half past Two o'Clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Lieut.-Colonel Dower: asked the Minister of Transport, in view of the uncertainty prevailing amongst road hauliers in Cumberland as to whether their businesses are to be wholly or partly...
asked the Minister of Transport when it is proposed to start work on the Dartford—Purfleet tunnel.
Vice-Admiral Taylor: asked the Minister of Transport if he will have those side streets where motor cars are permitted to park suitably marked, so as to assist the private motorist in carrying...
asked the Minister of Transport what is the amount of the cut in the Exchequer grant towards the maintenance of roads in the area of the Lindsey County Council; and what percentage of the...
asked the Minister of Transport (1) if, in the interests of the travelling public he will reconsider his decision to suspend the running of the 1 a.m. train from King's Cross to Edinburgh; (2)...
asked the Minister of Transport how many freight trains were cancelled on Saturday, 7th June, in order that additional passenger trains might be provided for passengers attending Epsom races on...
Mr. Baker White: asked the Minister of Transport if he is aware that it has been announced that the Elham Valley line of the S.R. is to be closed to both goods and passenger traffic as from 16th...
asked the Minister of Transport whether he is satisfied with all the tests made on the Victory-type lifejacket.
asked the Minister of Transport whether he is aware that large numbers of Ulster people, resident in Great Britain, are at present unable to secure bookings to Northern Ireland for the bank...
asked the Minister of Supply if he is aware that B.E.A.C. have indicated their intention to sell reconditioned ex-Service motor cars to their employees; and what steps he is taking to see that...
asked the Minister of Supply how many amendments have now been effected in the Control of Iron and Steel (No. 46) Order, 1945, S.R. & O., 1945, No. 1660; and when it is his intention to...
asked the Minister of Supply whether he will make a statement concerning the acquisition by His Majesty's Government of the business of Messrs. Thorium, Limited; whether he will publish the...
asked the Minister of, Supply the names of persons and bodies to whom licences have been issued under Section 10 (1) of the Atomic Energy Act, 1946, and the number and character of such licences.
asked the Minister of Supply if he is making any provision that will permit the indispensable bicycle spare parts, now required, being made, and the proposed cuts in raw materials essential for...
asked the Minister of Supply to what extent he is responsible for specifying forward designs of aircraft for British civil air lines; and what steps are taken to ensure that the user is fully...
asked the Minister of Supply, how many motor disposal parks there are under his Department; who is responsible at these parks for seeing that the vehicles are looked after to prevent unnecessary...
asked the Minister of Supply, what is the total value of Government surplus stores in India and Egypt, shown separately; and what are the arrangements for their disposal.
asked the Minister of Supply, whether he will take steps without delay to remove the present disquiet in Woolwich Arsenal at the failure to use the plant available there to manufacture machinery...
asked the Minister of Supply if he will assure the House that, before reaching any decision on the proposal to establish an atomic power station at Drigg, Cumberland, he will give full weight to...
asked the Minister of Supply whether he is aware that the tenants of the M.A.P. bungalows at Page Moss, Huyton, are threatening to strike against their rents which they regard as extortionate;...
asked the Minister of Supply whether he will take steps to remedy the shortage of potato forks and other agricultural tools, at present unobtainable by cultivators of allotments and smallholdings.
asked the Minister of Supply if he is aware of the acute shortage of wire rope; that wire drawers are in great difficulties for lack of wire rods; if he is aware that insufficient supplies of...
asked the Minister of Supply how many firms contracting at his Depot No. 121 at Aston Cross, Tewkesbury, are on a cost-plus basis; and if he will inquire into the case of at least one contracting...
asked the Minister of Supply if he has considered the B.I.O.S. Final Report, No. 1007, Instrumentation and Control in the German Chemical Industry; and what action he proposes taking to implement...
asked the Minister of Supply whether he intends to maintain the present allocation of steel to the motor industry during the third and fourth quarters of 1947.
asked the Minister of Works whether requisition rents fixed in accordance with 1939 values are still being paid by his Department in respect of properties held by it on requisition; and in...
asked the Minister of Works if he will give a list of undertakings in order of priority for receiving cement allocations.
asked the Minister of Works why the certificate of registration as a builder, under Defence Regulation 56AB, was withdrawn from Mr. F. C. Bath, Camberley, Surrey, on 3rd October, 1946, while he...
asked the Minister of Works whether the decision to erect a new Embassy building in Rome at the cost of 350,000 was taken before or after the present building suffered bomb damage; and what...
Mr. Shaweross: asked the Minister of Works whether he is aware that negotiations for the transfer of the M.A.P. bungalows at Page Moss, Huyton, from his Department to the Huyton with Roby Urban...
Mr. Shawcross: asked the Minister of Works why no steps have been taken to repair the potholes caused by the frost in the roadway in St. James' Park, especially near the Horse Guards; and how...
asked the Prime Minister what proportion of industry in the United Kingdom it is the policy of His Majesty's Government to allow to remain in private ownership.
asked the Prime Minister, if he is now in a position to make a statement on the result of the Government's review of the number of persons employed in Government Departments.
asked the Minister of Agriculture if he is aware that many country houses are still under requisition housing land army workers; and what steps he is taking to make permanent provisions for such...
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is aware that, owing to the exceptionally severe winter, there has been a considerable reduction in the bird population of the British Isles, with the...
Lieutenant-Colonel Dower: asked the Minister of Agriculture what are the losses suffered by hill sheep farmers due to the abnormally bad winter conditions; and whether, in view of the time which...
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he will give an estimate in value or quantity of the extra amount of dairy and poultry produce which could be raised in this country if an extra 50,000...
asked the Minister of Agriculture in how many cases the restoration of top soil on sites formerly worked for opencast coal has commenced before inspection by A.E.Cs.; and what steps are taken by...
asked the Minister of Agriculture why his Department refused to give to Mr. P. Humbley, the owner and former occupier of Grange Farm, Steeple Gidding, Huntingdonshire, details of the £2,000...
asked the Minister of Agriculture how many Colorado beetles have been found on Channel boats during the past few weeks; and what steps he is proposing to take to prevent the arrival of the...
asked the Minister of Agriculture if he has formed any estimate of the number, in dozens, of eggs lost during the next 18 months as the result of the slaughter of poultry on account of fowl pest.
asked the Minister of Agriculture the number of combine harvesters which he expects will be in use for the coming harvest as compared with last year; and if British makers have been able to...
asked the Under-Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs whether he is aware of the great "Food for Britain" drive which has been going on in New Zealand during the last few months; and whether...
asked the hon. Member for Walthamstow, West, as Chairman of the Kitchen Committee, whether he will arrange for cigarettes at the rate of 10 for 1s. 3d. to be available to Members.
On a point of Order. In view of the fact that you earlier admonished me, Mr. Speaker, I would ask you to explain where I was out of Order and, for my future guidance, to tell me whether I am...
Further considered in Committee [Progress, 11th June].
When a taxpayer is blind crippled or otherwise incapacitated by reason of age or infirmity and in consequence is compelled to employ a housekeeper he shall be entitled to an allowance of fifty...
On payments for admission to entertainments held on or after the third day of September, nineteen hundred and forty-seven entertainment duty within the meaning of the Finance (New Duties) Act,...
So much of the Stamp Act, 1891, as imposes a stamp duty of eighty pounds on articles of clerkship under the Solicitors Acts is hereby repealed.—[Mr. S. Silverman.]
For paragraphs 9 and so of the Rules applicable to Schedule E of. the First Schedule to the Income Tax Act, 1918, there shall be substituted the following paragraphs:
Where a taxpayer is compelled through the physical or mental incapacity of a parent to maintain or contribute towards the maintenance of another member of the family in order to provide adequate...
Paragraph (a) of Subsection (2) of Section fifty-two of the Finance (No. 2) Act, 1945 (which limits the rate at which relief or repayment may be allowed in respect of tax deducted from certain...
(1) For the purposes of Rule 8 of No. V of Schedule A as amended by Section thirty-two of the Income Tax Act, 1945 (which grants relief in respect of maintenance, repairs, insurance and...
The annual efficiency grant or training allowance to all ranks of the Royal Naval Reserve, the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, the Territorial Army and the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve shall...
If the holder of an office or employment of profit assessed under Schedule E of the Income Tax Act, 1918, is necessarily obliged to incur and defray out of the emoluments thereof amounts by way...
Notwithstanding anything in Sections forty-eight, forty-nine and fifty where a company issues by way of bonus any securities to its members or debenture holders and that company has at any prior...
Section eleven of the Finance (No. 2) Act, 1939 (which grants relief in respect of diminution of earned income owing to circumstances directly or indirectly connected with the war) shall apply in...
As respects payments for admission to entertainments held on or after the first day of August, nineteen hundred and forty-seven, the following rates of Entertainment Duty shall be substituted for...
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. Michael Stewart.]
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