Thursday, 23 May 1963
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Read a Second time and committed.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he expects the Robbins Committee to make its Report on Higher Education.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much of the £235 million deductions for expenses under Schedule E for 1961–62 related to Dorset, and how much related to the south-west of England.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer by how much, as a percentage, in real terms wages and salaries on the one hand and dividends on the other have risen between 1938 and the present day.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer on how many occasions in the last three years grants for the National Art Collections and Museums have had to be drawn on the Civil Contingencies Fund owing...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer the estimated total cost of the functioning of the National Incomes Commission for the financial year 1963–64; and what amount of this sum will be...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a state- ment on the recommendations of the National Incomes Commission in their report on the Scottish Plumbers' and the Scottish Builders'...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will refer to the National Incomes Commission the question of the recent pay award to doctors.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will take steps to ensure that profits do not exceed an annual increase of 3½ per cent.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will take steps to ensure that income from rents does not exceed an annual rate of 3½ per cent.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will exempt from Purchase Tax self-lift chairs purchased by persons who could obtain medical evidence of the need for such chairs.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many courses are being held on the design of machine tools in higher educational institutions.
Mr. J. Wells: asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will remove the Excise duty on fruit juice where the fruit content is over 40 per cent., and in particular on blackcurrant juice.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will take steps to increase the limit which at present applies to the sums which may be invested in credit unions.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will make a further statement on economic aid for India; and what position has been reached in the discussions on this subject by the consortium...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what communication he has recently received from the Secretary of the Clyde Fishermen's Association on the question of fishermen's boats and gear being...
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he is aware that the £226,000 granted to the Save the Children Fund from the Lord Mayor of London's Hungarian Refugee Appeal Fund was given on the...
asked the First Secretary of State what requests have been received from the Federal Government of Rhodesia and Nyasaland for representations to be made in Washington on behalf of the Federal...
asked the First Secretary of State whether it has been decided to abolish the Central African Federation; and what are his proposals in regard to the formation of an alternative association with...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many convictions there have been in England and Wales for sheep stealing over the last three years.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what study he has made of the report of a committee of the British Medical Association relating to death certificates, postmortem examinations...
Mr. Fletcher asked: the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether the Lord Chief Justice and his colleagues have now completed the review of the operation of the Judges' Rules referred...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he has been able to give consideration to the Report of the Working Party on the Expenses of Legal Proceedings Against Justices and Clerks;...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he has now heard from the persons invited to serve on the committee for inquiring into the jury system; whether he will state the...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he will state the precise terms of the assurance he received from the Prime Minister of Nigeria on 11th March regarding the admission...
asked the Prime Minister if he will appoint a committee to inquire into the means of alleviating danger to pedestrians whose homes are situated in close proximity to a trunk road; and if he will...
asked the Prime Minister whether, following the recent exchange of letters between President Kennedy, Mr. Khrushchev and himself, it is now intended to hold a Foreign Ministers Conference at...
asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of the growing number of urgent colonial problems, in British Guiana and elsewhere, requiring attention and decisions, he will now appoint a separate...
asked the Prime Minister whether the public speech made by the First Secretary of State on 15th May at the British Engineers Association lunch, making reference to future tax cuts, represents the...
Mr. H. Wilson: May I ask the Leader of the House to state the business of the House for next week.
With permission, Mr. Speaker, I would like to give the House an account of the meeting of Ministers of the Contracting Parties to the G.A.T.T. which has just ended in Geneva. The purpose of this...
Considered in Committee [Progress 21st May].
Question proposed, That the Clause stand part of the Bill.
I beg to move, in page 46, line 44, at the end to add: (2) Section 23(1) of the Finance Act 1957 shall also apply so that the same results shall follow in respect of a subsidiary company not...
Question proposed, That the Clause stand part of the Bill.
Question proposed, That the Clause stand part of the Bill.
I beg to move, in page 50, line I, to leave out "ten thousand" and insert "twelve thousand five hundred". I think that it would be convenient for the Committee if we could at the same time...
Question proposed, That the Clause stand part of the Bill.
I beg to move, in page 52, line 7, to leave out from "be" to end of subsection (1) and to insert "nil". The effect of the Amendment is to abolish Stamp Duty on conveyances and transfers of...
I beg to move, in page 54. line 23, to leave out from beginning to the end of line 36 and to insert:
9.15 p.m.
Question proposed, That the Clause stand part of the Bill.
Question proposed, That the Clause stand part of the Bill.
I beg to move, in page 59, line 39, at the beginning to insert: (1) Any instrument which is exempt from duty under the heading set out in section 56(1) of this Act by virtue of exemption 3 in...
Question proposed, That the Clause stand part of the Bill.
Question proposed, That the Clause stand part of the Bill.
Question proposed, That the Clause stand part of the Bill.
Question proposed, That the Clause stand part of the Bill.
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Rees.]
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