Tuesday, 17 June 1947
The House met at Half past Two o'Clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Read the Third time, and passed, without Amendment.
Read a Second time, and committed.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That an Address be presented for a Return showing (1) Particulars of all Aliens to whom Certificates of Naturalisation have been issued and whose Oaths of...
asked the Minister of National Insurance how many claims have been submitted and are outstanding by women old age pensioners who are in receipt of a pension in respect of their husbands'...
Mr. Vane: asked the Minister of National Insurance whether he is aware that the widow of an insured person, who had previously received a pension under the Contributory Pensions Acts as the...
asked the Minister of National Insurance what further steps are being taken to free the bottleneck at Blackpool to expedite the issue of overdue pension books to people now eligible for the...
asked the Minister of Labour if the representatives of the employers' and workpeople's organisations in the baking industry have yet reported to him on the abolition of night baking.
asked the Minister of Labour the number of persons on the register of disabled persons at present recorded as unemployed at Employment Exchanges at Felling, County Durham, and at Hebburn and...
asked the Minister of Labour whether, in the case of those prisoners, of war who may be unemployed in Germany, and who were repatriated prior to the adoption of the scheme enabling prisoners to...
asked the Minister of Labour why no Ministers have been included in the Government delegation to this year's International Labour Conference.
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he is aware of the shortage of nurses in Scotland; and what is being done to improve the status and training of nurses and to make that career more...
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he will publish a return for the current year on the lines of the Return of Rates in Scotland published in 1945
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many allowances under the Tuberculosis Allowances Scheme have ceased to become payable in Edinburgh and in Scotland, respectively, because of...
Mr. De la Bère: asked the Minister of Pensions whether, in connection with the disabled ex-Service men's basic pension and other matters calling for review, he will consider appointing a...
asked the Minister of Pensions what pension will be granted to Mrs. Hannah, widow of the late Sergeant Hannah, V.C., and her three daughters.
Lieut.-Commander Clark Hutchison: asked the Minister of Pensions whether, in view of the increase in the cost of living, he will now consider increasing the rate of the alternative pension paid...
asked the Secretary of State for War how many Poles there are still in Scotland; where they are situated; how many of them have become naturalised British citizens; and how many of them, both...
asked the Secretary of State for War when the hon. Member for Ladywood can expect a reply to his letter dated 3rd February, regarding the consistent refusal of his Department in Palestine to...
asked the Secretary of State for War if he is now in a position to make a statement outlining facilities which will be given to relatives of deceased Service men to visit graves overseas.
asked the Secretary of State for war if he will take steps to ensure that British sergeants, now being compulsorily transferred from the Indian Army Corps of Clerks to the R.A.S.C., shall not...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether commanding officers have been instructed that Home Guard rifle clubs, formed at the request of his Department, are still to receive the privilege of...
asked the Secretary of State for War how many vehicles are still parked on the autobahn between Hamburg and Bremen; what is their estimated value and why steps have not been taken to dispose of...
asked the Secretary of State for War if he is aware that units in the Sierra Leone and Gambia area have been informed that the reinforcement situation in the United Kingdom is extremely bad at...
asked the Secretary of State for War what arrangements he is making for the equipment of T.A. messes with the necessary supplies of cutlery, crockery and other stores of a permanent nature.
asked the Secretary of State for War if he will now announce his decision on the release of the Army camp at Raynes Park for housing purposes.
asked the Secretary of State for War in which of the British West Indian Colonies an Imperial garrison is maintained and at what strength; and how it compares with that maintained before the war.
asked the Secretary of State for War in what respect the status of surrendered enemy personnel differs from that of prisoners of war; how many Germans who surrendered in the closing stages of the...
asked the Secretary of State for War if he is aware that a number of disabled Polish soldiers formerly domiciled in the Argentine, whence they came voluntarily to enlist in the Allied Forces,...
asked the Minister of Town and Country Planning whether and on what date, he has been consulted on the proposal to establish an atomic power station at Drigg, Cumberland; and whether, to relieve...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer in view of the considerable number of lower-wage earners who formerly were, but are not now, liable for Income Tax, if he will give directions which will...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proportion of the national income is received by taxpayers with incomes under £500 a year; how many people are in this category; and how many are...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what amount of dollars is involved in payment to United States writers of songs and dance music by way of royalties and performing rights; and what steps...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer why tablets containing more than one per cent, of saccharin in gift parcels from U.S.A. are charged as if they consisted wholly of saccharin; and whether he...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the Government of Palestine is to continue to pay for the Cyprus camps, or whether, in view of the rising cost, His Majesty's Government proposes to...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what annual contributions towards the cost of food and similar consumer subsidies paid out of Income Tax are made by married men with two children and an...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, in the discussions now proceeding for giving increased financial help to hard-pressed local authorities through a revision of the block grant, he...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will consider the introduction of a scheme whereby persons entitled to payments of Income Tax Postwar Credits may be given the option of receiving...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will arrange for reconsideration of the ruling under which the Treasury does not reckon service with the W.L.A. in determining length of service...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer why permission has been granted to Skyways, Limited, to purchase D.C.4 U.S. aircraft; and how many machines are involved.
Further considered in Committee [Progress, 16th June].
(1) On the appointed day Section five of the Finance (No. 2) Act, 1945, shall cease to have effect and Section thirteen of the Finance Act, 1920, shall have effect as if the following proviso...
(1) Subsection (r) of Section seven of the Income Tax Act, 1945, shall be amended by inserting after the words "provisions of this Section" the words "and of Section twenty-nine A of this Act."
The Deputy-Chairman: It is proposed to deal with the Amendments to the Third Schedule as a block. The first Amendment in the name of the hon. Member for East Middlesbrough (Mr. Alfred Edwards)...
As the Committee will be aware, some 50 or 60 Amendments have been put down to this Schedule. If it meets with the approval of the Committee, and after having had consultations with one or two...
I beg to move, in page 67, line 23, to leave out "or allowance," and to insert "allowance or charge." This Amendment is designed to eliminate a possible doubt which might arise from the wording...
I beg to move, in page 75, line 5, to leave out the second "an individual," and to insert "by individuals." This is a drafting Amendment. The passage at present reads as though it is an...
I beg to move, in page 86, line 6, leave out "and," and to insert: except that if the sale was one which the seller was compelled to effect by causes wholly beyond his control the amount included...
Resolved: That the Order made by the Secretary of State for the Home Department, extending Section 1 of the Sunday Entertainments Act, 1932, to the City of Leicester, a copy of which Order was...
Motion made and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Hannan.]
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