Tuesday, 29 June 1954
The House met at Half past Two o' Clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Second Reading deferred till Tomorrow at Seven o'Clock.
asked the Secretary of State for War whether he is aware that, in a number of industries, the workmen's holiday with pay entitlement is computed on the number of weeks' full-time employment, and...
asked the Secretary of State for War in what units of the British Army it is an offence to faint on parade; under what Section of the Army Act men are so charged; how many men have been so...
asked the Secretary of State for War his estimate of the additional recruitment to the Regular Army which has resulted to the latest date from the improvements in pay introduced on 1st April; and...
asked the Secretary of State for War if his attention has been drawn to the published report of the conference between representatives of his Department, the Air Ministry and the British...
asked the Secretary of State for War on what date his discussions with the Secretary of State for Air on the Army's need for helicopters commenced; how many meetings have taken place since 1st...
asked the Secretary of State for War how many properties are still held under requisition by his Department; if he will order a new investigation into the circumstances of each case; and if he...
asked the Secretary of State for War if he will make a statement as to the facts of the occurrence in Vienna on the night of 1st June when two British soldiers were involved in shootings which...
asked the Secretary of State for War whether a decision has yet been made with regard to the application for the payment of ability pay to skilled tradesmen in Royal Army Ordnance Corps...
asked the Secretary of State for War what steps his Department takes to cause least inconvenience to the holiday trade in towns, such as Brighton, which live by that trade, by precluding key...
asked the Secretary of State for War how many members of the Jewish faith will be attending the annual camp of the 411th (Sussex) Coast Regiment, Royal Artillery, Territorial Army, over the...
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will make a statement following the further consideration given to relaxations of restrictions on East-West trade.
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will allow the import of S.R.406 into this country for the control of fungus diseases.
asked the President of the Board of Trade the amount of arms exported in the last 12 months, to the most recent convenient date, to each country in South America.
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will publish a list of subsidised horticultural produce entering this country.
asked the President of the Board of Trade if his attention has been called to the last Report of the Census of Population in the county of Midlothian and if his Department will vow steer light...
asked the President of the Board of Trade what steps he is taking to encourage the implementation of paragraph 86 of the Report of the United Kingdom Trade Mission to Iraq, Kuwait, the Lebanon,...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether, in view of the lifting of certain restrictions on the importation of dollar machinery, he will use his powers, where applications to import...
asked the President of the Board of Trade the latest figures for approvals of new factories and extensions in Wales and Monmouthshire; how these figures compare with Scotland and England,...
asked the President of the Board of Trade what consultations he had with apple growers during his recent visit to Canada; and whether the supply of Canadian apples to British domestic consumers...
asked the President of the Board of Trade (1) on what date drawback ceased to apply to imported artificial silk fibres used in the manufacture in this country of articles for export; (2)...
asked the President of the Board of Trade on what grounds it is necessary to maintain in force the Hire Purchase and Credit Sale Agreements (Control) Order, Statutory Instrument, 1952, No. 121,...
asked the President of the Board of Trade what opportunities there are for expanding our exports to Canada of heavy engineering products.
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will publish the Report of the Committee of Inquiry into the formation by the directors of Savoy Hotels Limited of the subsidiary Worcester...
asked the President of the Board of Trade what new contracts he proposes to place with the Aberdeen Blind Asylum at an early date.
asked the President of the Board of Trade what representations he has made to the United States Government about the grant of further contracts for the Chief Joseph and Dalles dams by the United...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will take steps to extend to petrol-driven fork-lift trucks used in factories the fuel tax rebate at present given to similar diesel-driven fork-lift...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the approximate annual amount of Purchase Tax collected from persons resident in Wales and Monmouthshire, adopting approximate methods of calculation which...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the balance of the National Land Fund; how much has been spent; and on what projects.
Mr. Wiley: asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he has completed his inquiries about the proposed financial aid to German shipbuilders; and if he will make a further statement.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the £10 million of capital of the English Steel Company still remaining in the hands of the Iron and Steel Realisation Agency has any voting...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the rate of duty chargeable on motor cars and commercial vehicles imported into the United Kingdom.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what are the present instructions given to inspectors of taxes with regard to taking into account for Income Tax assessment purposes the personal and...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he proposes to attend the annual meeting of the International Monetary Fund this summer.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will publish the figures of the sterling balance every month, at the same time as the publication of the gold and dollar reserves.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the purchasing power today of an income of £1,000 per annum, as compared with November, 1951, for a married man with two children, taking into account...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the general principles upon which 14 applications have been refused under Section 468 (1) of the Income Tax Act, 1952.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish a White Paper setting out the amount of dollars allocated to various classes of persons and industries; and the principles upon which the...
asked the Prime Minister whether he will make a statement about the situation in Guatemala and about the proceedings of the, Security Council of the United Nations on the appeal made to it by the...
asked the Prime Minister whether he will lay the recent Report of the Sub-Committee of the Disarmament Commission of the United Nations before the House as a White Paper.
Commander Maitland: asked the Minister of Housing and Local Government (1) if he will fix a date after which no local authority may use wartime hutted camps to assist in discharging its housing...
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).—[Mr....
[Progress, 28th June]
In subsection (1) of section two hundred and twelve of the Income Tax Act, 1952, as amended (which relates to relief in respect of children) the amount of relief shall be increased from tax at...
In paragraph (b) of subsection (3) of section two hundred and twelve of the Income Tax Act, 1952, as amended (which relates to relief for a child undergoing training), for the reference...
In subsection (1) of section two hundred and twelve of the Income Tax Act, 1952 (which relates to relief for children), after the words "if over the age of sixteen years at the commencement of...
The following section shall be added to Part VIII of the Income Tax Act, 1952:— 228A. If the claimant proves that during the whole of the year of assessment— (a) he has been in...
(1) Where— (a) on or after the sixth day of April, nineteen hundred and fifty-four, an individual, otherwise than for the purpose of a trade carried on by him pays any fees or incurs any...
The Income Tax Act, 1952, shall have effect as if in section three hundred and fourteen there were inserted after the word "farmhouse" in paragraph (a) of subsection (2) thereof the words "having...
In subsection (1) of section one hundred and sixty of the Income Tax Act, 1952 (which provides for expenses allowances to be chargeable to tax subject to any claim being made for money expended...
(1) Where on or after the sixth day of April, nineteen hundred and fifty-four, an individual has purchased an annuity to be payable either for a stated number of years depending on the survival...
Where a person is charged to income tax in the Isles of Scilly for the year 1954–55 under Case I or II of Schedule D in respect of a trade, profession or vocation not carried on by him...
Section one hundred and fifty-nine of the Income Tax Act, 1952, shall be amended by the insertion after the words "his residence and his work," of the words "or (c) that no public transport...
Order read for consideration, as amended (in the Standing Committee).
I beg to move, in page 4, line 10, at the end, to add: (5) The provisions contained in Schedule (Special saving for certain slaughterhouses licensed or registered before 1st October, 1939) to...
Dr. Hill: I beg to move, in page 6, line 6, to leave out "March," and to insert "January." The Amendment is intended to meet a small point. A number of local authorities passed resolutions on...
Dr. Hill: I beg to move, in page 11, line 15, to leave out from the beginning, to "where" in line 27, and to insert: (2) In ascertaining for the purposes of this section what was at any material...
1. The premises to which this Schedule applies are the following, that is to say:— (a) premises which were on the thirtieth day of September, nineteen hundred and thirty-nine, registered...
(1) Subject to the provisions of this section, a local authority who have provided a public slaughterhouse may make charges, according to scales determined by them from time to time, in respect...
On a point of order, Mr. Speaker, are you calling the Amendment in my name and that of my hon. Friends to page 1, line 13?
Dr. Hill: I beg to move, in page 2, line 20, to leave out Clause 2.
I beg to move, as a manuscript Amendment—
I beg to move, in page 14, line 3, to leave out: at the commencement of this Act, and to insert: on the twenty-ninth day of June, nineteen hundred and fifty-four. Perhaps at the same time I may...
Dr. Hill: I beg to move, in page 15, line 18, at the end, to insert: In section sixty, paragraph (b) of subsection (2). In view of the remodelling of Clause 2, it becomes necessary to repeal the...
Draft Fertilisers (England, Wales and Scotland) Scheme, 1954 [copy presented. 1st June], approved.
Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House do now adjourn."—[Mr. Kaberry.]
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