Thursday, 24 June 1954
The House met at Half past Two o'Clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Second Reading deferred till Wednesday next, at Seven o'Clock.
Read a Second time; to be considered Tomorrow.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a further statement on the rebate offered to German shipbuilders on steel, contrary to the agreement reached between the United Kingdom and...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will, in conjunction with the Bank of England, now give immediate consideration to the introduction of a smaller £5 note.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many Treasury representatives are advising the Chief of Staff at the discussions in Washington.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer why he maintains the overall restrictions on the use of bank credits in addition to the provisions of the Board of Trade Order, Statutory Instrument, No....
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many registered claimants for the distribution of Roumanian and Hungarian assets in this country will receive less than £1,000.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he expects the Inland Revenue Department to give a decision on the rating assessment of cement works in the area of the Strood Rural District Council,...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will state, for the capital equipment which has so far been sold to private individuals or companies under the Act to denationalise the iron and steel...
asked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury why, in the instructions on Income Tax forms, it is stated that a person in receipt of United Kingdom income but not resident in the United Kingdom...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps he is taking, or contemplating, to ensure that Chatsworth and its contents are preserved for the British nation.
asked the Minister of Agriculture the duties of a private person when appointed county liaison officer to his Department; and what are the qualifications needed for such an appointment.
asked the Minister of Agriculture what steps are being taken to counter vibrio foetus in the dairy herds of this country.
Sir R. De la Bère: asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he will give an estimate of the effect on agriculture at home of changes in supplies and prices resulting from support measures...
asked the Minister of Agriculture why no annual report has been issued by the Commissioners of Crown Lands since June, 1939.
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether a decision has now been reached to build an additional sugar-beet factory in the South.
asked the Minister of Agriculture (1) under what authority the proposed Fatstock Marketing Scheme was returned to the promoters; (2) when he expects to receive a reply from the promoters of the...
asked the Minister of Agriculture whether he will now have reprinted the Potato Marketing Scheme, 1933.
asked the Minister of Agriculture if he is aware of the inequalities of drainage rates; and, in view of the representations on the subject, if he will set up an inquiry with a view to the...
asked the Minister of Agriculture what, under the terms of the agreement dated 6th March, 1951, is the earliest date upon which he can terminate the appointment of Messrs. Sanctuary and Son,...
asked the Minister of Agriculture if he is aware of the growing concern at the increasing incidence of accidents on farms; and whether he will take steps to bring the agricultural industry within...
asked the Minister of Agriculture if he is now in a position to release land at present requisitioned at Great Chalvedon Hall, Pitsea.
Colonel Clarke: asked the Minister of Agriculture whether, in view of the Forestry Commission having revived the Pitwood Working Party, he will inform the House what recommendations they have...
asked the Minister of Agriculture when the work still proposed to be done on the sea defences of Canvey Island will be completed.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department why he has refused to advise Her Majesty to grant a free pardon to Maurice Edwin Ekins, 45, Southville Road, Bedford, in view of the fact that...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will institute an inquiry into the recent unrest, demonstrations and strikes which have taken place among certain firemen in the...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he is aware that the Metropolitan Police practice of handing a small printed form to an accused person is an inadequate method of...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will recommend the appointment of a Royal Commission to inquire into the charities which are engaged in raising money from the public...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department why he refuses permission to Patrick Peter George Victor Harlowe, a prisoner in Chelmsford Prison, to start divorce proceedings.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what provisions exist for requiring or encouraging building owners, whether private individuals, limited companies, or public institutions,...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) why access to the official correspondence in his Department relating to the imprisonment of Oscar Wilde continues to be restricted; and...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what information he has as to what local authorities have received or granted applications from keepers of pet shops under the Pet Animals...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what consideration has been given to the question of providing miniature motors for members of the police force who have to use bicycles while...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department why the punishment of being placed on a diet of bread and water is given to prisoners with a case history of tuberculosis.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will introduce legislation to amend or curtail the powers of a coroner to commit a person for trial on the findings of the...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will instruct the Metropolitan Police not to interfere with residents in Petherton Road, Islington, which is an unusually wide road,...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will set up an independent committee of inquiry into the present conditions at Wandsworth gaol.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) if he will make a statement indicating the progress made in implementing the promises held out in Command Paper No. 9014, Rural Wales;...
May I ask the Lord Privy Seal if he will state the business for next week?
With your permission, Mr. Speaker, I desire to make a statement about the memorial statue to His late Majesty King George VI. As the House knows, it was decided that part of the King George VI...
I will, with your permission, Mr. Speaker, make a statement. On 14th April, I said to the House: There is no doubt…that a number of hon. Members are oppressed by serious difficulties...
[Progress, 16th June]
3.57 p.m.
Motion made, and Question proposed. "That the Clause stand part of the Bill."
Motion made, and Question proposed. "That the Clause stand part of the Bill."
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the Clause stand part of the Bill."
Motion made, and Question proposed. "That the Clause stand part of the Bill."
I beg to move, in page 25, line 10. after "sale," to insert: and the circumstances are not at that time such that an allowance or charge under Part X or XI of that Act falls or might fall to be...
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the Cause stand part of the Bill."
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That the Clause stand part of the Bill."
I beg to move, in page 26, line 38, to leave out from the beginning, to "shall." in line 39, and to insert: the assets used in or occupied for the purpose of the business.
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. T. G. D. Galbraith.]
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