Tuesday, 1 March 1955
The House met at half-past 0Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the average life of a £1 and of a 10s.note.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will make available some part of the accumulated balance of the National Land Fund in order to pay for the special needs of the national parks.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the Purchase Tax uplifted on renewals of 10-inch, 11-inch, and 12-inch cathode-ray tubes; and, in view of the heavy cost of these renewals, if he will...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he is aware that the older women in the employment of the Civil Service, who are within seven years of retirement, will not receive either full equal pay...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if, in view of the present high cost of tea, he will institute a scheme of tea-tokens for old-age pensioners.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he is aware that married police officers who retired before World War II suffer deductions from their pensions if their total income, excluding the first...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer by how much national reserves fell from June, 1951, to June, 1952; and by how much they rose in the next two years.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how far his regulations provide that hire-purchase finance companies are required to disclose to the Inland Revenue the interest paid by them to depositors.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) the dollar expenditure on films imported into the United Kingdom for television purposes; (2) the dollar expenditure paid for the performance rights of...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps he is taking to improve the free rate of exchange for transferable sterling.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what use the Government have made of their powers as shareholders in the British Petroleum Company and its predecessors over the last 40 years; and how often...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, in order to reduce tea prices, he will abolish the duty of 2d. per lb. at present imposed on certain imported teas.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in view of the fact that a National Savings Certificate, purchased in September, 1939, for 15s. has earned interest amounting to 7s. 11d., and has a nominal...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer why he permits dollar currency to be paid to the United States of America for the performing rights of the game called "Twenty Questions," evidence of the...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what he estimates will be the value of total home investment in each of the next five years planned to be undertaken by Government Departments, public...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will take steps to amend the law so as to include an insurance element in the annual dog licence, by means of which it would be possible for...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what alteration he proposes to make in the Public Works Loans Board rate following the increase in the Bank Rate by 1 per cent.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the meaning of the term "double reduced rate restriction," sometimes used by the Inland Revenue on Income Tax coding forms.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether his attention has been called to the recent closing of a number of theatres in the north-west of England, including the Accrington Hippodrome, and to...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what change there has been in Government policy, as ex pressed in this House on 22nd April, 1953, by the then Minister of Transport, with regard to...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the figures of net industrial investment in fixed capital at constant prices for each year since 1948; and the amount distributed in dividends in each of...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, in view of the worsening balance of payments situation, he now proposes to introduce his Budget at an early date.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he proposes to introduce an Economic Survey for 1955.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer when sterling will be made convertible.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how far production increased during 1952, 1953, and 1954; and what effect this had on the cost-of-living index for these years.
asked the Prime Minister if, in view of the increasing importance of hon. Members being advised on matters of law relating to Scotland, he will now consider appointing as Solicitor-General for...
asked the Prime Minister whether he will make a statement on the consultations that have taken place with the United States and French Governments regarding a Four-Power Conference after the...
asked the Prime Minister if he will refer to the Security Council of the United Nations the decision of the United States Government to support the Chinese Nationalists with armed force in their...
asked the Prime Minister whether he will initiate discussions to revise the notice given to the British Broadcasting Corporation concerning the 14-day ban on radio or television debates about...
asked the Prime Minister if he has considered the fourth recommendation of the Seventh Report of the Select Committee on Estimates, Session 1953–54, on the Foreign Service; and the views of...
asked the Prime Minister if, in view of the need for reducing consumption to meet the danger of inflation, Her Majesty's Government will now, again, reduce Cabinet Ministers' salaries to...
The following Question stood upon the Order Paper:
(by Private Notice) asked the Prime Minister whether Her Majesty's Government are prepared to offer relief to the victims of the Australian floods.
May I ask for your guidance, Mr. Speaker, relating to a Question which I put down to the Chancellor of the Exchequer? The "Manchester Evening News" reported, on 11th February, that the...
3.45 p.m.
10.1 p.m.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Kaberry.]
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