Thursday, 23 April 1953
The House met at Half past Two o'Clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Read a Second time, and committed.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer to what extent the Treasury is now facilitating United Kingdom investment in Canada.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will consider issuing £2 Treasury notes.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what amount was received during the past financial year in respect of Purchase Tax on London taxicabs.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what direct effect his Budget proposals will have on the official cost-of-living index.
Mr. H. Wilson: asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer by what authority special tax concessions are made to barristers ceasing practice; how far similar concessions are made to other trades and...
Miss Ward: asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, in view of the improved financial position as disclosed in his Budget statement, the reduction of Surtax and Income Tax as well as...
asked the Secretary to the Treasury what is the presumed degree of error, plus and minus, in the estimated statistics contained in the documents, United Kingdom Balance of Payments, 1949 to 1952...
asked the Secretary to the Treasury how many people resident in the United Kingdom pay Income Tax.
asked the Minister of Agriculture what response he has had from county committees concerning his Departmental Circular C.A.E.C. 52/40 dealing with the role of district committees in the...
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is aware that, in spite of his written statement that steps would be taken to exterminate rabbits at Graveley Airfield on the borders of...
asked the Minister of Agriculture if his attention has been drawn to the widespread attacks by the wheat bulb fly grub on winter wheat for the third year in succession; and if he will institute...
asked the Minister of Agriculture when he proposes to take action to forbid the use of gin traps.
asked the Minister of Agriculture the policy of Her Majesty's Government in regard to the supply of tuberculin-tested milk.
asked the Minister of Agriculture full particulars of the procedure to be adopted to obtain a shilling for the tail of a grey squirrel.
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is aware of the continuing decline in the number of workers employed in agriculture; and what further steps he proposes to take to restore confidence...
asked the Minister for Agriculture whether he is aware of the outbreak of swine fever in Warwickshire; and what steps he is taking in the matter.
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he has reviewed the voting procedure at the initial poll held under the Agricultural Marketing Acts, having regard to recent experience with the apple...
asked the Minister of Agriculture what steps he proposes to take to deal with the plight in which the Cornish pilchard industry finds itself.
asked the Minister of Agriculture why the White Fish Authority have decided to shelve their frozen fish schemes; which sections of the industry have raised objections to the proposals; and what...
Commander Maitland: asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he is aware that from 1790 until 1952, high tides of 27 feet 9 inches or over occurred on an average only once in every five years...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department in what percentage of cases before 1914 the perpetrators of crimes were discovered; and what the percentage is now.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what subsistence allowance is granted to special police constables.
Miss Ward: asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will now make a statement on the pensions it is proposed to pay to widows of men in police service who are killed on duty.
The following Question stood upon the Order Paper:
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will now consider introducing legislation for further protection of wild birds, as recommended 16 months ago by the Ilchester Committee.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will take steps to make it an offence for any person to offer live chickens, birds or goldfish in exchange for rags and old iron.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he is satisfied that the existing system of selecting prison officers does not require candidates to perform unnecessarily re...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many of the 1,300 drivers of vehicles prosecuted in the last year for exceeding 20 miles per hour in the Royal Parks were driving private...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Depart ment how many prosecutions have taken place since 1945, under the Children and Young Persons Act, 1933, for selling tobacco to young persons under...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what representative bodies he consulted before issuing Statutory Instrument No. 526 of 1953; and how far he obtained their complete agreement...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he is in a position to announce the final membership of the Departmental Com mittee, under the chairmanship of Lord Waverley, which...
asked the Prime Minister whether he will consider appointing a Secretary of State for Colonial and Dominion Affairs in Africa.
asked the Prime Minister what discussions he has had with President Eisenhower on the questions of Malaya and Indo-China.
asked the Minister of Education whether she will make a statement with regard to the resolution submitted to her by the University College of Leicester Board of Adult Education concerning the...
May I ask the Leader of the House whether he will be good enough to state the business for next week?
I desire, Mr. Speaker, with your permission, to make a statement about the Council of Europe. The Consultative Assembly will meet at Strasbourg on 7th May and I have appointed 18 delegates from...
I have to inform the House that I was given notice that a writ was to be moved today, and that at the proper time for moving it, at the beginning of the Sitting of the House, for some reason, no...
Motion made, and Question put, That the Proceedings on Government Business be exempted, at this day's Sitting, from the provisions of Standing Order No. 1 [Sittings of the House].—[The...
Order read for further consideration of Lords Amendments.
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn." —[Mr. Kaberry.]
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