Thursday, 19 March 1959
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Second Reading deferred till Wednesday next.
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he has made a recent comparison of the low domestic taxation of the products of the German motor vehicle industry with the high taxation of the...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that the Independent Television Authority has decided that misleading advertisements for toothpaste shall be banned or amended; and...
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will make a statement on the industrial prospects within the city of Stoke-on-Trent and North Staffordshire, respectively; what consideration he...
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will make a statement on the prospects of the pottery industry; what steps are being taken to bring about a large-scale increase in exports; what...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will now state his intentions with respect to the Monopolies Commission's Report on imported timber.
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware of the increased number of seals and marks of approval being attached to goods in the shops; what proportion are approved by his...
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will now state the details of the agreement reached with the Eire Government restricting the import into Great Britain of foreign textiles made up...
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will give the reasons why he did not officially attend the Leipzig Fair; and why he omitted to make arrangements for an official observer to be...
asked the President of the Board of Trade what advance faotories are to be built in the burghs of Clydebank, Milngavie and Kirkintilloch.
asked the President of the Board of Trade if, in view of the high and growing incidence of unemployment, he will now schedule Anglesey under the Distribution of Industries Act, 1945.
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he has completed his inquiries into switch sales; and what action he now proposes to take to protect the public from businesses which use this technique.
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will give an estimate of the total expenditure on advertising in the United Kingdom in 1958, and of the total amount spent in the same year on...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether, in view of the continued use of discriminatory and protectionist trade practices in the United States of America, he will defer any further...
asked the President of the Board of Trade what special steps he is taking to encourage the dollar tourist trade in Great Britain.
asked the President of the Board of Trade which women's organisations received his proposals for extending the Food and Drugs Acts circulated 14 months ago, and how many welcomed these proposals...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that three cinemas have recently been closed down in Leicester, namely, the Floral Hall, seating 750, the Star, seating 660, and the...
asked the President of the Board of Trade what applications have been received in the past year for the tenancies of the empty Government-financed factories on the North Tees Trading Estate,...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he is aware that wadded, or otherwise filled, tea cosies are tax free, whereas wadded, or otherwise filled, cushions are subject to Purchase Tax at 5...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if, having regard to the substantial fall in capital investment by private manufacturing industry which is expected to occur in 1959, he will take early...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer under what circumstances applications for loans for factory building can be made to the Development Commissioners from areas scheduled under the Distribution...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer to what extent established and non-established dockyard employees will be contracted out of the Government's proposed graded pension scheme; and what will be...
Mr. H. Wilson: asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer by what percentage the latest figure for the index of industrial production differs from the figure for May, 1955.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer by what percentage labour costs per unit of output increased in 1958; and by what percentage wages increased in 1958 as compared with the previous year.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what was the loss of revenue from Entertainments Duty in 1957 from cinemas which closed in 1956 or 1957, and in 1958 from those which closed in 1957 or 1958,...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the procedure for repaying post-war credits to corporations.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he is aware that employees who take up bonus shares must pay Income Tax on the difference between the issue and market price; and, in order to encourage...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will give an estimate of the loss in currency in this country arising from the revaluation of the French franc.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will instruct Customs officials to allow some latitude in the application to troops returning to the United Kingdom from Cyprus of the...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what financial assistance he proposes to give to James Lamont and Company and the Greenock Harbour Trust as a result of the recommendations of the...
asked the Prime Minister if his attention has been drawn to the fact that the Boeing 707 aircraft which suffered an auto-pilot failure on 3rd February was found on inspection to be mildly...
asked the Prime Minister the increase in radioactivity in Great Britain during 1958, compared with 1954 and 1956, as a result of hydrogen bomb tests.
May I ask the Leader of the House whether he will state the business for next week?
Mr. Speaker, with your permission, and that of the House, I would like to make a statement about the guarantees to agriculture for the coming year. The Government have now determined these in...
Proceedings on the County Courts Bill [Lords] and the Overseas Resources Development Bill [Lords] exempted, at this day's Sitting, from the provisions of Standing Order No. 1 (Sittings of the...
Considered in Committee; reported, without Amendment read the Third time and passed.
3.52 p.m.
10.10 p.m.
Considered in Committee; reported, without Amendment; read the Third time and passed, without Amendment.
Considered in Committee; reported, without Amendment; read the Third time and passed, without Amendment.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. E. Wakefield.]
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