Tuesday, 21 October 1952
The House met at Half past Two o'Clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if in accordance with his new plans, he will publish revised estimates of the various destinations of the products of the metal industries given in...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer to make a statement about the action he has taken to reduce the length of Government advertisements.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what sums of money have been given to Burma since 1945; and what amount is owed by Burma to Great Britain.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps Her Majesty's Government propose to take to achieve the bigger factory building programme for 1953.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will consider abolishing the system by which the cost of postage is added to the value of the article purchased by a retailer, for the purpose of...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer to what extent the purchasing power of the £ has varied during the past year.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what revised estimate he had made, in view of the import cut announced on 29th July, of the figure of £100 million as the amount by which imports in...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proportion of the national income went to the richest tenth and to the poorest half of the nation in 1936, 1949 and 1951, respectively, both before and...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer approximately what proportion of the £596 million paid last year in interest and dividends went to Surtax payers and to stockholders not liable to...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will make a further statement on the closing of some sections of the national galleries and museums; and whether the Organisation and Methods...
Miss Ward: asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the estimated cost of exempting from Income Tax all incomes under £250 per annum.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will arrange for the National Gallery, the Tate Gallery and other nationally-owned galleries and museums to waive their copyright charges for...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he is aware of the fact that the currency allowance to British delegates to the annual Congress of the International Union of Marine Insurance, held at...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will remove Purchase Tax from dry batteries used in wireless sets.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many farthings have been minted since 31st March last.
Mr. H. Wilson: asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is aware of the statistics recently published by the Organisation for European Economic Co-operation showing that in the first...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer to what extent information is available with regard to the amount of revenue received by this country from overseas in respect of licences to manufacture...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what, to the nearest £100 million per annum, is the rate at which the country is now spending money on defence.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will arrange to publish in abbreviated form in HANSARD, or in other convenient form, the evidence submitted to the Ridley Committee on national...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the policy of Her Majesty's Government in regard to the submitting of evidence by the Board of Inland Revenue to committees appointed by Her Majesty's...
Mr. Lee: asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether it is the intention of Her Majesty's Government to grant to its industrial employees the 10 per cent. cost of living increase in wages and...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what representations he made at the recent meeting of the International Monetary Fund to obtain agreement to an advance in the price of monetary gold fixed...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he is aware of the fall in national production since the last Budget; and what action he proposes to take by way of incentive or other means to improve...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether his attention has been drawn to the prospective shortage of some kinds of nuts, particularly Brazil nuts, during the forthcoming Christmas season;...
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury when the first coins bearing the head of Her Majesty the Queen will be issued.
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury if, owing to the peculiar circumstances of the case, he will authorise the payment of post-war credits of the late Miss Peggy Dowson, particulars of...
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury how many Statutory Instruments have lapsed or been annulled since 1st November. 1951.
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government what progress has been made in Kent in taking the gypsy survey.
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government the value of the work authorised by licence for the new Woolworth building on the Deansgate—Mary's Gate, Manchester, site.
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government if he is aware of the urgent need for the development of sewerage in the rural district of Newcastle-under-Lyme; and what steps he is taking to...
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government when a decision is to be taken and promulgated in regard to the proportions in which the cost is to be borne for the Harlow Trunk Sewer, the...
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government whether, in view of the national sympathy for the bombed towns of Britain, he will increase the aid given to these towns in their work of...
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government if he is aware of the dissatisfaction in north-west Kent at the closing of the Dartford Rent Tribunal office which operated in the thickly...
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government what review he has made, or proposes to make, of the procedure of rent tribunals.
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government what further details have been received from the Hornsey Borough Council about their decision to permit the building of a house with a sale...
asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government whether he will investigate the price-fixing arrangements operated by the London Builders' Conference in respect of tenders to local authorities...
Commander Maitland: asked the Prime Minister if he will consider instituting some distinction in peace-time corresponding to a mention in dispatches in war-time to all those in agriculture,...
asked the Prime Minister if he will give particulars of the dates on which he made approaches to Mr. Truman and Mr. Stalin for high level talks on international problems; and whether he will...
asked the Prime Minister if he will consider recommending the appointment of a Royal Commission to investigate and report on all matters affecting the co-ordination of road and rail transport,...
(by Private Notice) asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will make a statement on the sending of troops to Kenya.
Order for Second Reading read.
Read a Second time, and committed to a Committee of the whole House—[Mr. Oakshott]—for Tomorrow.
Order for Second Reading read.
Considered in Committee under Standing Order No. 84 (Money Committees).—[Queen's Recommendation signified]
7.50 p.m.
8.15 p.m.
8.45 p.m.
8.54 p.m.
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