Tuesday, 2 December 1958
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Read the Third time and passed.
Considered; to be read the Third time Tomorrow.
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he is aware of the difficulties put in the way of Messrs. R. G. Garvie and Sons, engineers and millwrights, Aberdeen, by his refusal to grant to them...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware of the anxiety felt by the British Standards Institution at the slow progress made in its desired arrangements for marking electrical...
asked the President of the Board of Trade if, in view of the continued closure of cinemas, the danger of monopoly, and the national importance of maintaining a healthy film industry, he will now...
asked the President of the Board of Trade (1) if he is aware of the continued rise in the number of unemployed in the northern region; and if he will take immediate steps to reverse this tendency...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that there is still anxiety, both among the general public and the British Dental Association, about the claims made by some...
asked the President of the Board of Trade the area of industrial buildings under construction in the North Eastern Development Area at the latest available date.
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will add Loftus, in the Cleveland Parliamentary constituency, to the list of places where Government assistance under the Distribution of Industry...
asked the President of the Board of Trade the value of new factory building completed in each of the Great Britain Development Areas from 1st January, 1945, to the latest convenient date.
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he has considered the Report of the Bankruptcy Law Amendment Committee; and to what extent he proposes to give effect to the Committee's...
asked the President of the Board of Trade how many firms his Department has contacted during the past twelve months in order to try to encourage them to come to the northern region.
asked the President of the Board of Trade what prospects he has for finding a tenant to take over a large factory building now standing empty at Carlisle Road, Airdrie, Lanarkshire.
asked the President of the Board of Trade what preparations the Government have made to end unrestricted hire purchase should consumer demand become excessive.
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will introduce an order to abolish the protective duty on all imported machinery.
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will make a statement on the Government's policy towards imperial preference.
asked the President of the Board of Trade what estimate he has now formed of the effect on British exports of the reductions of the margins of Commonwealth preferences announced in the new Trade...
asked the President of the Board of Trade to what extent aircraft manufactured in Prestwick have been exported during the last six months; and what steps he is taking to assist the sale of such...
asked the President of the Board of Trade what steps he is taking to encourage increased trade between Scotland and Sweden, particularly in jute goods.
asked the President of the Board of Trade how many of the 1,461 applications for industrial trading certificates during the six months ending 31st October were for sites in Wales; how many of the...
asked the President of the Board of Trade, in view of the opportunity offered by the visit of the West German trade mission, what steps he has taken to put at its disposal the assistance of his...
asked the President of the Board of Trade how many factories on the various trading estates in the North-East are untenanted; what steps he has taken to date to find tenants for them; and what...
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will make a statement on the textile trade talks in Hong Kong.
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will take action to implement that part of the Report of the Hodgson Committee on Weights and Measures which deals with solid fuel.
asked the President of the Board of Trade what specific steps he has taken and proposes to take in the next twelve months, to reduce unemployment in engineering and ship-repairing on Tyneside.
asked the President of the Board of Trade what new industrial undertakings have been established in Newcastle-upon-Tyne during 1958 as a result of the efforts of his Department.
asked the President of the Board of Trade what quantity of potatoes has been imported as the result of the licences he has recently issued.
asked the President of the Board of Trade (1) if his attention has been drawn to an advertisement in the News Chronicle of 26th November, 1958, by the Nortic Electrical Limited which purports to...
asked the President of the Board of Trade what application he has received from the company recently registered as Independent Harris Tweed Producers Limited, for a certification mark; what mark...
asked the Prime Minister if, in view of the recent official statement of the Soviet Prime Minister, he will now revive the proposal for summit talks, for the purpose of promoting a higher degree...
asked the Prime Minister if he will publish in HANSARD the official communication received from the Soviet Government in which it is stated that the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics will not...
asked the Prime Minister whether the Soviet Prime Minister has now replied to his recent letter on the situation in Berlin.
asked the Prime Minister whether he will indicate the places in Wales where there was a monitoring service for the testing of radioactive fall-out; and what establishments are able to give the...
asked the Prime Minister whether the statement, spare the rod and spoil the child, by the Secretary of State for the Home Department at a recent meeting in Chelsea, represents the policy of Her...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer his estimate of the aggregate gross annual value and net annual value for the purposes of Income Tax. Schedule A, of owner-occupied residential accommodation...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will give the present approximate annual revenue from Purchase Tax levied on stationery and other office equipment after making due allowance for...
Mr. H. Wilson: (by Private Notice) asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what applications he has received in relation to the future capitalisation and/or ownership of the British Aluminium...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Heath.)
3.5 p.m.
9.59 p.m.
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