Thursday, 16 July 1959
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Read the Third time and passed.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he is now in a position to announce a favourable decision on the application by Inch-green Development Company Limited for financial assistance in the...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, in view of the rise in the cost of maintaining those enterprises assisted by the Arts Council since he informed that Council that its Exchequer...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what exchange control or other official action was taken by Her Majesty's Government during the recent negotiations for the control of the British Aluminium...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many appeals have been made over allowances against taxable profits of company expenditure on political campaigns.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he is aware of the concern of those citizens from whose post-war credits deductions are being made on account of alleged arrears of Income Tax; and if he...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will take steps to make further sums available for assisting the improvement of provincial art galleries and museums.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much was spent upon food in 1951 and 1958; and how much of the latter figure is due to increased retail prices.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the rate of industrial production each year since 1945, taking the year 1945 as 100.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will for the future direct that the £5 note be printed in colours different from those of the present series in order to avoid confusion with the...
asked the President of the Board of Trade (1) if he will abolish the 30 per cent. import duty on motor vehicles;
asked the President of the Board of Trade what action has been taken by his Department concerning the three cases there was aprima facieassumption that a deliberate breach of the law had been...
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will make a statement concerning the firm about which the hon. Member for Fife, West, has been in correspondence with him; how many further...
asked the President of the Board of Trade how many new Government-financed factory building schemes, including extensions, and how many private schemes, have been approved in Development Areas...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether the Government have yet ratified the Havana Charter providing for an international trade organisation; and if he will make a statement.
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware of the large number of complaints about shoddy and unreliable articles sold under hire-purchase or credit-sale agreements which, in...
asked the President of the Board of Trade, in view of the need to give greater protection to the consuming public, why he has omitted to appoint to the Committee on Consumer Protection anyone...
asked the President of the Board of Trade the size of the experiment factory for Coatbridge, the stage of building operations, and the product to be engaged in, with the approximate number of men...
asked the President of the Board of Trade what application he has received from Dundee jute firms for an industrial development certificate in respect of a paper-bag-making factory; and whether...
asked the President of the Board of Trade what steps he is taking to encourage increasing mutual trade in cinematograph films between this country and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
asked the President of the Board of Trade if he will inform the British kid industry from where in the British Commonwealth it can obtain supplies of raw goatskins of a quality suitable for the...
asked the President of the Board of Trade what representations he has received from Scotland concerning the paper-making trade and the proposed Outer Seven Free Trade Area; and what reply he has made.
asked the President of the Board of Trade what further representations he has made to the United States Government, in view of the quantity of British wool cloth caught by the unexpectedly early...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he has any statement to make on the provision of industries for the new town of Peterlee and the adjoining district in the Easington...
asked the President of the Board of Trade (1) whether, under his regulations, in order to secure remission of duty on imported textile machinery, the importing firm has to satisfy the Board of...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies (1) what efforts are being made by the Northern Rhodesian Government, and by what methods, to ascertain the opinion of the African population towards...
asked the Prime Minister if he will make a statement on his discussions with the Federal Prime Minister, with particular reference to the appointment of a Parliamentary Commission to Rhodesia...
asked the Prime Minister the subjects he recently discussed with the Prime Minister of Japan.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if, in view of his renewed illness, ex-Senior Chief Koinange will now be permitted to return to his home in Kiambu; and if his two sons in Great...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what changes are proposed in the electoral laws of Kenya, in view of the finding by the Council of State that they are discriminatory against Africans.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what action is being taken following the Report of the tribunal that considered the disciplinary charges against Mr. Sullivan and Mr. Coutts.
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies how many persons have been released from detention in Nyasaland in each month since March; and what compensation has been paid to those discovered to...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what information has been circulated to the African population in Nyasaland in official Government bulletins concerning the future of the African...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what steps have been or will be taken by his Department or by the Government of Nigeria to implement the recommendation of the Willink Commission...
asked the Secretary of State for the Colonies whether he will make a statement about the citrus trade negotiations with the West Indies.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proposals he has received from the General Committee of the World Refugee Year regarding the acceptance by Great Britain of refugees...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he expects to receive the report of the Departmental Committee appointed to examine all aspects of the work of the probation service, and...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he has examined the working of the diminished responsibility provisions of Section 2 of the Homicide Act, 1957, with relevance in...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps he is taking to inform parents of the danger of suffocation caused to children by the widespread use of polythene bags.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will permit an increase in the number of licensed hotels and public houses run by private enterprise in the City of Carlisle.
May I ask the Leader of the House whether he will state the business of the House for next week?
[23RD ALLOTTED DAY]
3.43 p.m.
5.30 p.m.
Again considered in Committee.
5.43 p.m.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Finlay.]
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