Thursday, 30 May 1963
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
For Leeds, South, in the room of the right honourable Hugh Todd Naylor Gaitskell, C.B.E., deceased.—[Mr. H. Bowden.]
MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT PROVISIONAL ORDER (LEEDS) BILL
asked the First Secretary of State if, in view of the current uncertainty of Southern Rhodesian participation in the forthcoming conference at Victoria Falls to arrange for the dissolution of the...
asked the First Secretary of State if he will make a statement about his talks with the Prime Minister of Southern Rhodesia.
asked the First Secretary of State if he will appoint independent commissions to arbitrate between the Governments of Nyasaland, Northern Rhodesia, Southern Rhodesia and the Federal Government...
asked the First Secretary of State whether he will now state the estimated cost to the British taxpayer of the secession of Nyasaland, both at the time of secession and in each of the five...
asked the First Secretary of State what guarantees of individual liberty he proposes to obtain in Nyasaland prior to the final grant of independence.
asked the First Secretary of State what plans he has for the establishment of a Social Science Research Council; and whether he will make a statement.
asked the First Secretary of State what consultations he has had with the Northern Rhodesian authorities regarding the establishment of a minimum school-leaving age for children.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if, in view of the calling off of Irish Republican Army activities, the amnesty granted his fellow prisoner, Donald Murphy, and the...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what are the factors which have brought him to the conclusion that the balance of advantage lies in not harmonising United Kingdom time with...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what scientific means are used to determine and review police establishments; what outside aid has been called in on organisation and methods;...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what enquiries he made before 2nd May into the incident in which the Queen of Greece claimed to have been molested near Claridge's Hotel; and...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many boys and girls, respectively, were committed to the care of the Kent County Council, during the period 1st January, 1960, to 31st...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many convictions there have been for being in possession of dangerous drugs since 1st July, 1962; how many of those convicted were...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the present shortage of schoolmasters and of housemasters in approved schools.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the present shortage of probation officers; and in what areas the shortage is most serious.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what progress has been made in the consultations taking place about amendment of the Fugitive Offenders Act, 1881, in the light of its...
Mrs Butler: asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what new restrictions he is proposing in regard to the sale of fireworks during the coming autumn.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the total of fees paid to the police in the Metropolitan area by industrial owners of over-sized loads on the roads for their...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make a statement on the financial assistance to be provided for those who appeared before the Radcliffe Tribunal.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether Her Majesty's Government have now considered the Report of the Departmental Committee on Proceedings before Examining Justices, which...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if, in view of the danger to fire-fighting personnel when a fire breaks out near a place containing cylinders of propane and butane gases, he...
Mrs. Butler: asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the purpose of the network of radiation detection posts now being built; and if he will make a statement.
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will circulate in the OFFICIAL REPORT, a list of prisons in London and the Home Counties, giving the number of prisoners in each, and...
asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department on what date he saw the Lord Chief Justice about the Enahoro case; and whether he then informed him that the Nigerian Government proposed to...
Mr. Vane: asked the Minister of Power whether he will forecast the approximate demand by the National Coal Board for home-grown timber for roof support over the next 10 years or any shorter period.
asked the Minister of Power what approval he has given to proposals for major capital expenditure by the National Coal Board to increase the number of collieries with storage bunkers and...
asked the Minister of Power what reply he gave to Salford City Council regarding the price and quality of smokeless fuel and the setting up of local consumer councils to deal with smokeless fuel...
asked the Minister of Power if, before granting a pipeline authorisation for any major new pipeline development under Section 1 of the Pipe-lines Act, he will make a report to the House of his...
asked the Prime Minister what plans he has for an early meeting with President de Gaulle.
asked the Prime Minister whether the Foreign Secretary's public speech at the Canadian Club in Ottawa on 21st May, on the subject of the retention of British nuclear weapons, represented the...
asked the Prime Minister what reply he has sent to the petition delivered to him on Monday, 20th May, by residents in the Archway area of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington, on the subject of...
asked the Prime Minister what decision has now been reached by Her Majesty's Government on the integration of the United Kingdom defence organisation; what Departments are to he included; and...
asked the Prime Minister whether President Kennedy and he have made further joint proposals to Mr. Khrushchev with a view to the achievement of a nuclear test-ban agreement.
Mr. H. Wilson: May I ask the Leader of the House to state the business of the House for the week after the Recess?
I wish to announce a new step in the development of our policy on international liquidity problems. In recent years we have strongly supported such developments as the increase in Fund quotas by...
With permission, I would like to make a statement about public order. As promised in my statement of 8th November last, the Government have reviewed the adequacy of the law relating to public...
Bill to authorise the disclaimer for life of certain hereditary peerages; to include among the peers qualified to sit in the House of Lords all peers in the peerage of Scotland and peeresses in...
Bill to extend the area of operation and alter the name of the Colonial Development Corporation; and to amend sections 1, 4 and 6 of the Colonial Development and Welfare Act 1959, presented by...
Considered in Committee [Progress, 29th May].
(1) A married man who is entitled for the year of assessment to the higher (married persons) relief under section 210(1) of the Income Tax Act 1952, but those wife was throughout that year...
If the holder of an office or employment of profit is obliged as a condition of holding the same to engage in certain studies or to receive certain tuition or examination, any expenses...
Part VIII of the Act of 1952 (so far as relating to personal reliefs) shall have effect in respect of the year 1963–64 and any subsequent year of assessment with the addition immediately...
The amount of relief specified in section 212 of the Income Tax Act 1952, as amended, shall be increased by the amount of the fees paid in respect of the education of the child at any educational...
In section 13 of the Finance Act 1962, after subsection (8) there shall be added the following subsection:—
Where a landlord carries out improvements to controlled rented living accommodation an annual allowance of 10 per cent, of such costs shall be allowed for the ten years following as a deduction...
(1) Where after the passing of this Mt a person makes any payment which is subject to deduction of tax by virtue of section 169 or 170 of the Act of 1952. then if the recipient so requests in...
(1) Where a sewerage authority in the United Kingdom incurs expenditure on the provision of an asset to be used in the treatment of trade effluents, then, in relation to any contribution of a...
To subsection (I) of section 146 of the Customs and Excise Act 1952 (licence to deal wholesale in intoxicating liquors) there shall be added the words:—
Paragraph 11 of Schedule 4 to the Finance Act 1937, as set out in section 34 of the Finance Act 1952 and as amended by section 33 of the Finance Act 1959 (limits on deductions for purposes of...
11.30 p.m.
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