Tuesday, 21 November 1961
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
asked the Chancellor of Exchequer if he will make a statement regarding the effect of the pay pause on the shipping, shipbuilding, and fishing industries in Scotland, in view of the unemployment...
Mr. Gresham Cooke: asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in view of the possibility of the United Kingdom entering the Common Market, what is now the policy of Her Majesty's Government towards...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer by what percentage dividends declared in the first half of 1961 differed from the first half of 1960, after making due adjustment for increased capital employed.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how many times during this year he has met representatives of the Federation of British Industries to discuss export incentive schemes; and what were the...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will take steps to raise the average wage rates and earnings of employees in Government establishments by 6 per cent. annually for the next 10 years so...
Mr. H. Wilson: asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proposals have been put before the Organisation for European Co-operation and Development for a plan for industrial expansion involving...
1. The first Ministerial Council of the O.E.C.D. meeting in Paris 16th and 17th November under the Chairmanship of the Canadian Minister of Finance, the Honourable Donald M. Fleming, surveyed...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what progress has been made in formulating a national theatre scheme in response to his offer of 12th July this year.
Mr. H. Wilson: asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if, in his forthcoming legislation regarding a tax on short-term speculative gains on property and share deals, he will include provisions...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will consider legislation abolishing the 2 per cent. Stamp Duty on Stock Exchange transactions.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what additional grant will be made by the University Grants Committee to Cambridge University to help finance the new work being undertaken by the Department...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will introduce legislation to mitigate the hardship to persons of widely fluctuating incomes due to their liability to pay large taxation on a...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many British subjects during the last 20 years who were paying British Income Tax ceased to do so because they changed their country of domicile.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps have been taken by the Development Assistance Group towards extending the investment of capital in under-developed countries; and what...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what conclusions he has now reached about the representation of consumers on the proposed National Economic Development Council.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what number of incomes before tax, for the latest convenient 12-month period in Scotland, totalled under £400 per annum, and under £600 per annum,...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what applications he has received from two British property companies for capital exports sanction to enable them to build a 20 million dollar office...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proposals he now has for improving the facilities available for credit financing for British exporters, particularly those engaged in heavy industry...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether, in view of the special difficulties through which the Scottish economy is now going, he will take steps to ease his credit policy in such a way as...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will consult the university authorities with a view to establishing a central clearing house to facilitate a more simple and orderly process for...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he now expects the Government's pay pause policy to be discontinued.
asked the President of the Board of Trade what progress is being made with the development for industrial purposes of the Fielden Bridge area, adjacent to the St. Helen's, Auckland, site; and how...
asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he will reallocate the items included under the different headings in the Census of Production in order to give more useful information to the...
asked the President of the Board of Trade how many exempt private companies have been registered in the last 12 months for which figures are available, and for the immediately preceding 12 months.
asked the President of the Board of Trade how much more United Kingdom imports for 1960 would have cost if the terms of trade had remained the same as in 1954.
asked the President of the Board of Trade to what extent the improvement in the United Kingdom physical trade gap is due to the running down of internal reserves; how much lower they are today...
asked the President of the Board of Trade what is the present rate of annual value of Great Britain's import and export trade with countries of the Communist bloc; what are the prospects for the...
asked the President of the Board of Trade what progress is being made in the current General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade negotiations for a 20 per cent. all-round tariff cut; and if he will...
asked the Prime Minister whether he will make available in the House of Commons Library the full text of his speech upon national policies at the Mansion House on 13th November, 1961.
asked the Prime Minister if he will instruct all Ministers to boycott official functions arranged by diplomatic representatives of Governments with whose defence and foreign policies Her...
asked the Prime Minister whether the speech of the Secretary of State for Air at Preston on 3rd November, on air strategy, represents the policy of Her Majesty's Government.
asked the Prime Minister whether he will now invite President Kennedy, Chairman Krushchev and President de Gaulle to join with him in discussions on the basic principles of a peace treaty with...
asked the Prime Minister, in order to further the policy of Her Majesty's Government regarding assistance for old people, as announced in his recent speech at Guildhall, if he will consider...
asked the Prime Minister what instructions he has given to the departmental Ministers concerned to implement the policy, outlined in his speech at Guildhall on 13th November, concerning benefits...
With permission, Mr. Speaker, I will now make a statement. When announcing the series of measures introduced on 25th July in order to strengthen the economy at a time when sterling was under...
James Bennett, esquire, for Glasgow, Bridgeton.
Order read for resuming adjourned debate on Question [20th November], That the Bill be now read a Second time.
Proceedings of the Committee of Ways and Means exempted, at this day's Silting, from the provisions of Standing Order No. 1 (Sittings of the House).—[Mr. Marples.]
[Queen's Recommendation signified.]
Considered in Committee.
Resolved,That, for the purposes of any Act of the present Session to provide for the reorganisation of the nationalised transport undertakings now carried on under the Transport Act, 1947, it is...
10.15 p.m.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do adjourn.—[Mr. E. Wakefield.]
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