Tuesday, 8 December 1953
The House met at Half past Two o'clock
INVERNESS HARBOUR ORDER CONFIRMATION BILL.
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that blankets made entirely of fibres other than wool are being labelled by manufacturers as "Guaranteed Witney"; that such a label...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware of the extent of mis-description of men's and women's articles of wear, purporting to be made of nylon, which are, in fact, made...
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he is aware that the terms of the 1952 Agreement between Iceland and West Germany include a clause under which Icelandic trawlers may land iced fish...
asked the President of the Board of Trade (1) what steps he proposes to take to increase exports, in view of the loss of vital markets outside the dollar area to Germany, the United States of...
asked the President of the Board of Trade (1) if he will make a further statement about the negotiations with the Brazilian Government for a settlement of the outstanding commercial debts;
asked the President of the Board of Trade (1) what reports he has received from Her Majesty's Government's representatives in Hong Kong concerning the effects of the embargo on trade in certain...
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will consider extending the list of areas scheduled as Development Areas under the Distribu- tion of Industry Act, 1945, so as to include the...
asked the President of the Board of Trade, having regard to the fact that our imports from the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania combined, are approximately...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will arrange to have the minutes of the inquiry into matters affecting the buying and selling of Savoy Hotel shares placed in the Library;...
asked the President of the Board of Trade the value of United Kingdom exports to South-East Asia in each of the years 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, and the first half of 1953, expressed in 1949 prices;...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is prepared to amend the Companies Act, 1948, to prohibit anonymous shareholdings by nominee companies.
asked the President of the Board of Trade what progress has been made in providing more industry for the Buckie-Peterhead area.
asked the President of the Board of Trade what discussions he has had about the use of Messrs. Price Tailors Limited, Sunderland Trading Estates factory.
asked the President of the Board of Trade what control he exercises over the import of barley from dollar sources.
asked the President of the Board of Trade what improved designs in children's footwear have resulted from his request to the British Standards Institution to consider the matter.
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he is aware that Canada is anxious to rebuild her trade with Britain; and if he will, whenever possible, recommend the expenditure of dollars in...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if, in view of the growing fears of a slump in the United States of America, he will give an assurance that every possible step has been taken by Her...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer for how long it has been necessary for exporters to complete Form P.T. 43; and what is the necessity for such action.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, in formulating his Budget for 1954, he will give sympathetic consideration to the provision of Income Tax reliefs in respect of expenditure on fees...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether his attention has been drawn to the comments made by Mr. Justice Stable in a tax-evasion case at the Assizes in Leeds on 12th November, 1953; and...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps he has taken to impress upon bank depositors and others receiving untaxed interest that all amounts of such interest received or credited to their...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the percentage of industrial production for home consumption, and the percentage of industrial production for export for the 12 months ended September, 1953.
Mr. H. Wilson: asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer at what figure he now estimates the debit balance of current transactions of the United Kingdom for 1951, in view of the successive estimates...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the average time that elapses after the ages of 60 and 65 years for women and men, respectively, before the actual payment of post-war credit is made; and...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer why transfer grants which are wholly expended on removal by an officer are, by his regulations, made liable to Income Tax and Surtax.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will direct that, when the Inland Revenue decide to appeal against a decision by the local Commissioners of Income Tax, solely on a question of...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he has considered the effect on the retail price index of increased tariffs for fruit and vegetables and of derationing of food in the spring; and if he...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer why it is proposed to increase the valuation for rates of certain crematoria in England and Wales; if he will postpone the coming into force of such...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer why he has decided to preserve the Capital Issues Committee as a permanent feature of our financial structure.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what requests for assistance have been made to his Department recently by firms wishing to move to the Trading Estate in Sunderland; and with what results.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will remove or reduce Purchase Tax on repair fittings for umbrellas; and if he will end the anomaly whereby ends on all men's umbrellas are tax free,...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many professional football clubs in England and Scotland, respectively, have made representations to him in the past six months about the serious effects...
Mrs. White: asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what reply he has given to the representations of the eight manufacturers' associations who have submitted proposals for Purchase Tax rebates on...
Miss Ward: asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is aware that the personal allowance to married women who work, together with their graded income reliefs and the tax relief to their...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many dollars, American and Canadian respectively, were earned by this country by the tourist industry in the last three years, showing, separately,...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will cause an investigation to be made into the circumstances under which certain football transfer transactions have involved the making of false or...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the result, to date, of his negotiations with the United States Treasury under the Mutual Security Act for the purchase of United States tobacco and other...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish a new statement on personal incomes, costs and prices on the lines of Command Paper No. 7321 of 1948.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much economic and military dollar aid is being received by the United Kingdom, and in order to prevent further attacks on the United Kingdom policy with...
Mr. Lee: asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the Government will establish a college of technology.
asked the Prime Minister whether Her Majesty's Government will take the necessary steps to transfer control over the import of livestock to Scotland from the Ministry of Agriculture to the...
Miss Ward: asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, in view of the fact that the number of non-industrial women staff is approximately one-third of the Civil Service, he will take steps to...
I have agreed, at the request of the Elected Members of the Legislative Council, to advance the date of my visit to Northern Rhodesia, and I now propose to arrive there early in January to...
Mr. Speaker, with permission I will make a statement about expenditure on roads. The Government have had under review the whole question of the need for further expenditure on road improvements...
Proceedings on the Electoral Registers Bill exempted, at this day's Sitting, from the provisions of Standing Order No. 1 (Sittings of the House).—[Mr. Crookshank.]
4.5 p.m.
Considered in Committee.
Bill now standing committed to a Standing Committee committed to a Committee of the whole House.—[Mr. Studholme.]
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. Studholme.]
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