Thursday, 9 July 1959
The House met at Eleven o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
I beg to move, That, until the Summer Adjournment, those provisions of Standing Order 179 (Printing of bill as amended in committee) which require that copies of every Private Bill, as amended in...
Read the Third time and passed.
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will make a statement on the restrictions at present affecting the import of Irish cattle into Great Britain.
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will state his plans for the future financial structure of the fishing industry indicating, in particular, the present and future...
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many applications have been made, in Wales and in the County of Glamorgan, respectively, at the latest convenient date under the...
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what progress has been made in discussions with the appropriate organisations concerning the internal drainage boards and the problem of...
Mr. Philips Price: asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he is aware that dissatisfaction is felt with the grading of bacon carcases in many places carried out by the...
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what action he is now taking to increase pig production.
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food which of the information officers on the staff of his Department has had journalistic experience in Fleet Street.
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he has completed his consultations about a Horticultural Marketing Council with the interests concerned; and if he will make a statement.
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he will make a statement on the food strategic reserves.
asked the Minister af Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (1) what proposals he has for the purchase by his Department of orange juice from the West Indies for consumption under the welfare schemes;...
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food to what extent he proposes to encourage more imports of Danish bacon as a result of the negotiations recently concluded with the Danish...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what total sum in service charges and in annual interest Her Majesty's Government will pay to the International Monetary Fund for the drawing of 561 million...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much is paid annually in taxation from profits by private industry; and how much by the nationalised industries combined.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will amend his Order concerning the repayment of postwar credits so as to permit Mr. Tomlinson, a disabled miner of Tamworth, to receive payment,...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will present to Parliament a report on the progress since 1953 of all iron and steel companies which are still wholly-owned subsidiaries of the...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer to what extent his Department has studied the effect of Purchase Tax on the pottery industry, particularly in the first quarter of the year; and if he will...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will give in table form the internal purchasing value of the £ sterling, taking October, 1951, as 20s., and for October in each subsequent year,...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will show in table form by what percentage and amount the retail prices of food have increased in each year since 1951, and, to the nearest convenient...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer by what amount Income Tax and Surtax have been reduced for a married man with two children having a gross income of £500, £1,000, £5,000 and...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will consider taking powers to require the joint stock banks to transfer to the Treasury all balances of accounts in which no transactions have taken...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will give an approximate estimate of the extent to which the balance of payments has been affected by the inflow of short-term funds in the first...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer to what extent he proposes to enlist the support of persons who are neither members of the Government nor in the Government Service in his proposed inquiry...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what form of contact is maintained between the Treasury and the Arts Council.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the future of the Normanby Iron Works, Cargo Fleet, in the possession of the Iron and Steel Holding and Realisation Agency.
asked the President of the Board of Trade what steps he is taking to increase the export of machine tools to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in accordance with the recent trade agreement.
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he is satisfied with the response of British manufacturers to the facilities offered by the Design Centre.
asked the President of the Board of Trade what are the functions of the location rooms in his Department; and how many are employed there.
asked the President of the Board of Trade what steps he is taking to encourage the diversification of the jute industry by attracting a paper bag-making firm to establish itself in the Dundee...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is now able to call industrialists' attention to the possibilities of a site at Douglas, Lanarkshire, where there are subsidised houses...
asked the President of the Board of Trade when permits were granted for the export of eighty Saracen armoured vehicles to the Union of South Africa.
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will seek powers not already given him either in the Merchandise Marks Acts or in the Prevention of Fraud (Investments) Act, 1939 in order to...
asked the President of the Board of Trade how many schemes for the clearance of derelict sites under Section 5 of the Distribution of Industry Act, 1945, whether by his Department or by grant,...
asked the President of the Board of Trade what percentage, measured by square feet, the total of new factory approvals in the London and South-East Region was of total approvals in Great Britain...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will now state the membership of the Committee appointed to consider the question of consumer protection.
asked the Prime Minister if he will make a statement regarding the responsibilities and duties he has allotted to the Secretary of State for the Colonies in respect of British territories and...
asked the Prime Minister whether he is aware that France has announced its intention of testing a hydrogen bomb; and, as Great Britain, the United States and the Soviet Union have ceased for some...
May I ask the Leader of the House whether he will state the business of the House for next week?
Mr. Speaker: The Chancellor of the Exchequer. Statement.
Proceedings on Government Business exempted, at this day's Sitting, from the provisions of Standing Order No. 1 (Sittings of the House).—[Mr. Heath.]
Order for consideration of Lords Amendments read.
I beg to move, That the consideration of the Lords Amendments in the Title, lines 8, 10 and 14, be postponed till after the consideration of the subsequent Amendments.
5.43 p.m.
Lords Amendments again considered.
Lords Amendment: In page 8, line 32, at end insert:
Order for Second Reading read.
Postponed Proceeding resumed on Lords Amendment: In page 8, line 32, at end insert: (6A) In determining, for the purposes of the issue of a certificate under this section, whether planning...
Lords Amendment: In page 10, line 22, at end insert: (4A) An application for a certificate made by virtue of subsection (1) or subsection (3) of this section shall specify the matters referred ...
Lords Amendment: In page 11, line 25, leave out "of that interest by that authority" and insert: by that authority of land consisting of or including the land in which that interest subsists".
Lords Amendments agreed to: In page 13, line 13. after "of" insert "that Part of".
Lords Amendment: In page 16, line 40, at end insert: (2A) In relation to compulsory acquisitions of interests in land which has been acquired by statutory undertakers for the purposes of their...
Lords Amendment: In page 20, line 40, at end insert: A. (1) The provisions of this section shall have effect in relation to a compulsory acquisition to which section one of this Act applies...
Lords Amendment: In line 7, after first "the" insert "principal".
Lords Amendments agreed to: In page 25, line 6, leave out from "mentioned" to end of line 15.
Lords Amendment: After Amendment last inserted, insert: B.—(1) The provisions of sections seventeen and eighteen of this Act (except subsection (2) of the said section eighteen) shall have...
Lords Amendment: In page 29, line 23, after "Act" insert: by an authority to whom this Part of this Act applies".
Lords Amendment: In page 37, line 37, at end insert: C.—(1) Any land belonging to a parish council which is not required for the purposes for which it was acquired or has since been...
Lords Amendment: After Amendment last inserted, insert: D.—(1) Where after the commencement of this Act an authority to whom this Part of this Act applies purport to acquire, appropriate or...
Mr. Deputy-Speaker: I understand that the next three Amendments are uncontroversial. If that is so, perhaps I might put them in bulk.
Lords Amendment: In page 47, line 44, leave out from "for" to first "of" in line 13 and insert: references to sections fifteen and thirty-five".
Lords Amendment: In page 50, line 25, at end insert: E.—(1) Where by a development order (whether made before or after the commencement of this Act) permission is granted for any...
Lords Amendment: After Amendment last inserted, insert new Clause "F".
F.—(1) The provisions of this Part of this Act shall have effect in relation to land which— (a) is land designated by a development plan as subject to compulsory acquisition, or(b) is...
Postponed Lords Amendments in the Title, lines 8, 10, and 14, agreed to.
Resolutions reported, I. Whereas it appears by the Navy Appropriation Account for the year ended 31st March 1958, that the aggregate Expenditure on Navy Services has not exceeded the aggregate...
Resolved, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Brooman-White.]
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