Thursday, 5 February 1959
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
With your permission, Mr. Speaker, and that of the House, I wish to present a Petition signed by the Mayor of Farnworth and 2,525 other residents of that Borough. Amongst other things, the...
On a point of order. May I seek your guidance, Mr. Speaker, about the unauthorised transfer of a Question which was put down to the Chancellor of the Exchequer but which has been passed on to the...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what action has been taken to prevent the misuse of virement in the future; what action was taken after the figures given in the Air Services...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) whether he is aware that the yield from the 10 per cent. totalisator tax from the Coventry Greyhound Stadium for the years 1956, 1957, and 1958 was...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in view of the fact that although the National Coal Board made no provisions for taxation for the years 1947, 1948, 1952 and 1957, over £19,500,000...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many representations he has received from persons and organisations for the earlier repayment of postwar credits; and how many for the repayment of...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, in view of the state of the cotton textile industry, he is prepared to remove the Purchase Tax of 5 per cent. on clothing made with cotton textiles.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the cost of the national wages and salaries, respectively, for 1951; and what are the estimated corresponding figures for 1958.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proportion, approximately, of Great Britain's industrial production must be exported to pay for the 40 per cent. of our food requirements and the 100...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many of the houses in Northern Ireland, vested in the Irish Sailors' and Soldiers' Land Trust, have been sold to ex-Service men tenants and to the widows...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in view of the magnitude of the cash loss suffered by those who accepted the invitation of the Governments of the day to invest in 1932 3½ per cent....
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is now the total cost of the Suez operations, taking into account military expenditure, loss of the British base, our share of clearing the canal, the...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if, as it is possible for foreign companies to take over a controlling interest or obtain undue influence in British companies by ordinary Stock Exchange...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the present position regarding the Free Trade Area, the Common Market, and Great Britain's position in regard to them.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if, in view of the number of home accidents caused by children playing with matches, he will abolish or reduce the Customs duty on all mechanical lighters.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he is aware that on the death of her husband a mother, with or without a family, loses the £250 Income Tax allowance, and is treated as a single...
Mr. Gresham Cooke: asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the total public capital investment in the electricity industry and on roads, respectively, since 1945, to the latest convenient date.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the total financial assistance given to the 16 projects which he has approved under the Distribution of Industry Act, 1958.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many applications were lodged in 1958 with the Development Areas Treasury Advisory Committee by firms operating in Greenock; how many have been approved;...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many of the wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Iron and Steel Holding and Realisation Agency contributed towards the cost of a survey of public opinion...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many claims he has received from steel companies during the past year for the exemption from tax of sums paid out for a campaign against steel...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the total amount collected by Stamp Duty on Stock Exchange transactions.
Mr. H. Wilson: asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what facilities Her Majesty's Mint have given to German banking firms in connection with the issue of ducats and other gold coins bearing a...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the estimated expenditure for 1958–59 over the whole field of the administration of justice.
asked the Prime Minister what further consultations he has had with President Eisenhower about the latter's proposal for a treaty on the legal status of Antarctic territories.
asked the Prime Minister if he will now make a statement about the recently concluded negotiations on the United Kingdom-Euratom Agreement; why it has been so long delayed; and to what extent...
As I understand that the Leader of the House is indisposed, may I ask the Prime Minister whether he will state the business for next week?
With permission, Mr. Speaker, I will make a statement. I have had in mind for a long time the possibility of a visit to the Soviet Union. As the House knows, when the Soviet leaders visited this...
Proceedings of the Committee on the House Purchase and Housing Bill exempted, at this day's Sitting, from the provisions of Standing Order No. I (Sittings of the House).—[The Prime Minister.]
Considered in Committee [Progress, 4th February].
Amendment proposed [4th February], In page 2, line 39, at end insert: or in the Metropolitan Police District or the City of London, three thousand pounds."—[Mr. H. Brooke.]
The first Amendment on the Paper, in the name of the Minister of Housing and Local Government and Minister for Welsh Affairs, in page 4, line 5, at the end, to add: (2) So much of the said...
I think that the first Government Amendment to this Clause, that in page 4, line 10, goes with the Government Amendment in page 4, line 34, that in page 8, line 36, and that in page 9,1ine 12.
I beg to move, in page 4, line 37, to leave out "and (3)" and to insert "(3) and (4)". We now come to a series of Amendments all directed to what under Clause 5, a local authority can treat as a...
I beg to move, in page b, line 15, at the beginning to insert: (1) Where, at any time within three years after the making of a standard grant in respect of any dwelling, an application for an...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That the Clause stand part of the Bill.
Resolution reported,That, for the purposes of any Act of the present Session to make, as respects England and Wales, new provision in place of section fifteen of the New Towns Act, 1946, as to...
I beg to move, That the Import Duties (General) (No. 3) Order, 1958 (S.I., 1958, No. 2223), dated 23rd December, 1958, a copy of which was laid before this House on 31st December, be approved. I...
Lords Message [4th February] relating to the appointment of a Committee on the Highways Bill [Lords], to be considered forthwith.—[Mr. Legh.]
Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. E. Wakefield.]
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