Thursday, 19 December 1957
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
The VICE-CHAMBERLAIN OF THE HOUSE-HOLD reported Her Majesty's Answer to the Address, as follows:
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is aware of the anxiety of the British motor car industry that it will find itself at a disadvantage in the European free market, so long as the...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the present approximate net yield, respectively, in respect of Purchase Tax on motor cars and commercial vehicle chassis.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is aware that the present high rate of Purchase Tax imposed on certain manufacturers' produce is a specially difficult problem for small...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is aware that since his last appeal to companies for dividend restraint a number of public companies, particularly those in oil, steel, brewery...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer why Her Majesty's Government have not exercised their right to take up shares in the recent issue of British Petroleum.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will now reinforce the control of capital movements to non-sterling countries and introduce controls on capital movements to the sterling area.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if, having regard to the effects of the 7 per cent. Bank Rate, he will take steps to improve forthwith the terms of National Savings.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer his latest estimate, taking into account reduced attendances at cinemas, of the cost in a full year of the recent reduction in entertainments tax on cinemas...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will introduce legislation to make it a condition of membership of the Court of Governors of the Bank of England that other directorships and...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he is aware that the Commissioners of Income Tax have the right to vary assessments within a period of six years from the year of assessment, whereas the...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what criteria guide him in his selection of national newspapers to whom advance disclosure of statements of policy shall be made; and for what reason other...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will publish in HANSARD statistics in regard to variations in output per man-hour of different portions of the working population over the past...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps he takes to ensure that the payments to Government employees for the use of their private cars on official business, at authorised users' rates,...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what information he has received with respect to gaps in the exchange control which have arisen since July through Hong Kong and Tangier; and if he will make...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the estimated cost to date of the Tribunal inquiring into the alleged Bank Rate leak.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he is aware that between October and November the prices of raw wool, raw cotton, raw rubber, lead, imported steel scrap, hides and skins, and zinc fell...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, in view of the great hardship that arises in a large number of individual cases of elderly persons having no other means, he will now make general...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he is aware that Great Britain is the only one, among the major industrial nations, where there are no specialised technological institutions able to...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he can now state the Government's intentions on the American and Canadian loan payments due at the end of this month.
Mr. Vane: asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is aware of the taxation advantages open to inventors in other countries; whether he is satisfied that British industry is not, in...
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the composition and terms of reference of the Committee of Inquiry into the fishing industry which, on 15th July, 1957, he announced it was...
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he will make a statement on the proposed plan of the Milk Marketing Board to import Charollais bulls into this country; and what...
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he is satisfied with the success of the colour marking scheme pursued with his Department's approval at artificial insemination...
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food to what extent Her Majesty's Government propose to implement the recommendations of the Committee on Transactions in Seeds.
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what arrangements are made by the British Government inspectors in the countries of origin to ensure that meat exported to the United Kingdom...
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he will appoint a committee to give him interim advice on the working of the Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs Act, 1926.
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food on what date he received representations from the Farmers and Smallholders Association urging the total repeal of the disciplinary provisions...
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many cases of poisoning have been notified in those engaged in agricultural spraying with sodium and potassium arsenite in the last five...
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his intentions with regard to the present arrangements for rat destruction on farms.
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will reconsider the case of the farmer living in South Worcestershire whose application for a grant under the Farm Improvement Scheme...
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will give a date by which he expects to receive the Report of the Royal Commission on Common Land.
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (1) whether, on the basis of figures available to him from his representatives on the Food and Agriculture Organisation and the Organisation...
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he will consider favourably the proposal for buffer stocks, mentioned in the Food and Agriculture Organisation's Report of June,...
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he will give supply figures, in the categories laid down by the Food and Agriculture Organisation, of the national food reserve of...
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food in which districts myxomatosis has proved a killing disease in the past six months; and to what extent the reports received by his Department...
asked the Prime Minister to what extent he was informed by the French Prime Minister, during his recent visit to France, about the French Government's intentions to restrict imports from Great...
asked the Prime Minister what consideration was given at the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation Conference in Paris to measures of Civil Defence.
asked the Prime Minister if he will issue a directive to all Departments to take special steps, in the use of their information services, to emphasise acts of peace and good will and to make...
asked the Prime Minister to what extent this country will continue to receive nuclear weapons from the United States of America, in view of the fact that we are now producing our own.
asked, the Prime Minister if he will make a statement in respect to the latest letter from Marshal Bulganin with suggestions to end the cold war and stop the arms race.
asked the Prime Minister whether the immediate dismissal of the Soviet Prime Minister's offer of negotiations of 11th December by a British delegate at the Political Committee of the United...
May I ask the Lord Privy Seal whether he will state the business for the first week after the Recess?
Motion made, and Question proposed,That this House, at its rising Tomorrow, do adjourn till Tuesday, 21st January.—[Mr. R. A. Butler.]
Resolution reported,That, for the purposes of any Act of the present Session to make further provision with respect to grants to local or police authorities, rating, changing the area, status and...
Resolution reported,That, for the purposes of any Act of the present Session to authorise the London County Council to carry out certain street improvements in the vicinity of Park Lane partly on...
Mr. Norman Cole, Mr. Anthony Greenwood, Mr. Pargiter, and Mr. Vane nominated Members of the Select Committee.—[Mr. Oakshott.]
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Heath.]
3.40 p.m.
5.32 p.m.
Question again proposed, That this House do now adjourn.
6.3 p.m.
It may be for the convenience of the House if I announce that a few copies of the communiqué issued from the N.A.T.O. Conference in Paris are now available in the Vote Office. I wish to...
6.35 p.m.
7.28 p.m.
8.11 p.m.
8.55 p.m.
9.20 p.m.
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