Wednesday, 2 December 1964
The House met at half-past Two o'clock
[Mr. SPEAKER in the Chair]
Considered; to be read the Third time Tomorrow.
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he will make a statement of future Government policy for the preservation of the seal population and protection from extermination...
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he will give an assurance that the cost to agriculture of the 15 per cent. surcharge will be fully taken into account in the next...
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when he expects to receive the report of the Committee on County Council Smallholdings.
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will review the system of grants and subsidies to hill farmers with a view to rationalisation of the entire system.
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what plans he has for improving the system of cereal marketing.
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is the present percentage of imported fish meal on the home market; from which countries it comes; and what steps he will take to...
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he will invite the British Sugar Corporation to consider the erection of a new sugar beet factory in the centre of Norfolk to cut...
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what estimate he has made of the annual gross total of additional costs imposed on farmers as a result of wage increases and import duties;...
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food if he will bring back the special young cow subsidy, to encourage the production of more calves for beef rearing.
asked the Minisster of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he will now authorise the Northern Ireland Government to pay from the funds which they hold the deficiency payment due to farmers...
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he will introduce legislation to prohibit the shipment of horned cattle.
Mr. J. E. B. Hill: asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what plans he has for improving the marketing of meat.
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is his policy in regard to controlling the price of milk; and if he will make a statement.
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food how many head of beef cattle were exported from East Anglian ports and airports during the period January to September, 1964; what was the...
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when he expects to receive the report from the committee appointed on 20th June last to examine the conditions in which livestock are kept...
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he will bring in legislation prohibiting the use of tractors on slopes steeper than a determined safety gradient.
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what was the amount of eggs imported into this country on the latest convenient date; and what percentage this is of the total United Kingdom...
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what undertakings have been given by the Government of the Republic of Eire with regard to the non-re-exportation of live animals, imported...
asked the Minister of Agriculture Fisheries and Food why the routine visits of milk officers to registered dairy farmers are to be made in future without prior appointment with the farmer concerned.
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he will now make a statement on the future of Channel Islands milk.
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether he is aware that the quality of British meat could be improved by better methods of handling; and what steps he is taking to achieve...
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is to be the home producers' share of the bacon market under the market sharing agreement for the coming year; what this represents in...
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what is his estimate of the extra cost to the agricultural and horticultural industries of the recent rise in the Bank Rate.
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what will be the estimated effect of the 7 per cent. Bank Rate on the fishing industry in general and on the White Fish Authority loans in...
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food when he intends to introduce a scheme to eradicate brucellosis; how long he anticipates it will take to complete; and what would be the cost...
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what progress is being made with a minimum price scheme for fish.
asked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food to what extent mechanical potato harvesters are now used to harvest the potato crop; and what steps he will take to encourage their use.
Mr. Mackie: Bill to provide for the establishment of a Home-Grown Cereals Authority, and to make provision as to the functions and finances of the Authority; and for purposes connected...
Mr. Mackie: Bill to amend the Representation of the People Act 1949 so as to enable persons temporarily absent from their qualifying address to vote as absent voters; to provide penalties for...
Mr. Mackie: Bill to regularise for purposes connected with the advancement of association football, other sports and recreational activities, the negotiating or receiving of bets or the...
Mr. Mackie: Bill to provide for the disclosure of emoluments and of other relevant information by directors and other senior officers in certain private and public enterprises; for the...
Mr. Mackie: Bill to provide for the registration of travel agents; to regulate the conduct of persons carrying on business as travel agents and to make further provision with respect to such...
Mr. Mackie: Bill to make provision for the payment of pensions out of the National Insurance Fund for certain classes of persons not eligible for pensions under the National Insurance Act 1946,...
Mr. Mackie: Bill to provide for the observance of certain standards by housebuilders; to secure safeguards for purchasers; and for connected purposes, presented by Mr. Keith Stainton; supported...
Mr. Mackie: Bill to provide for deferring payment of estate duty on that part of any estate which passes to a widow on the death of her husband, and for purposes connected therewith, presented...
Mr. Mackie: Bill to make special provision for safeguarding clients' money or deposits; and for purposes connected therewith, presented by Mr. William Clark; supported by Sir Frederic Bennett,...
Mr. Mackie: Bill to require local authorities to consider and make recommendations on applications for betting office licences within their area; and to establish a minimum interval between...
Mr. Mackie: Bill to provide for the registration of plumbers and to regulate the practice of plumbing, and for purposes connected therewith, presented by Mr. Geoffrey Wilson; supported by Mr....
Mr. Mackie: Bill to amend the procedure for enforcing the duty imposed on highway authorities and other persons by section 129 of the Highways Act 1959, presented by Mr. Oscar Murton; supported...
Mr. Mackie: Bill to amend the enactments relating to the notification of births to medical officers of health, presented by Mr. Kenneth Lomas; supported by Dr. A. E. P. Duffy, Dr. Shirley...
Mr. Mackie: Bill to repeal and re-enact with amendments section 9 of the Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Act 1923, presented by Colonel Sir Tufton Beamish; supported by Mr. Clifford Kenyon, Mr....
Mr. Mackie: Bill to make armed trespass a criminal offence and for related purposes, presented by Mr. Bryant Godman Irvine; supported by Sir Frederic Bennett, Mr. Biffen, Mr. Costain,...
Mr. Mackie: Bill to provide for the preservation of benefits arising under superannuation schemes, whether statutory or otherwise, and for purposes connected therewith, presented by Mr. Patrick...
Mr. Mackie: Bill to confer certain rights upon parish councils in connection with applications for planning permission under the Town and Country Planning Acts; and for purposes connected...
Mr. Mackie: Bill to provide for increasing the limits in enactments and instruments which allow property to be disposed of on death without probate or other proof of title, or in pursuance of a...
Mr. Mackie: Bill to give effect to the Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road, signed at Geneva on 19th May, 1956; and for purposes connected therewith,...
Mr. Mackie: Bill to amend the law of evidence in Scotland by excluding the admissibility of judicial admissions arising out of the road traffic enactments in subsequent civil proceedings,...
On a point of order, Mr. Speaker. This is really, perhaps, more a point of inquiry than a point of order, Sir, but are we to understand that after the Cabinet meeting yesterday, although it may...
Further considered in Committee [Progress, 1st December].
3.37 p.m.
Ordered, That the Proceedings on the Motion relating to the Business of the House (Finance Bill) may be entered upon and proceeded with at this day's Sitting, at any hour, though...
Again considered in Committee.
I beg to move Amendment No. 124, in page 18, line 12, at the end to insert:
I beg to move Amendment No. 104, in page 8, line 2, to leave out "ship or".
I beg to move, Amendment No. 110, in page 12, line 13, at the end to add: (8) For the avoidance of doubt it is hereby declared that references to rebate in section 9 of the Finance Act 1961 do...
I beg to move, Amendment No. 111, in page 22, line 39, to leave out from beginning to "and" and to insert "Paragraph 4 (2) and (3) (b)". This Amendment is needed to ensure that, where a value...
Motion made, and Question proposed,That the Third Reading of the Finance Bill may be taken immediately after the consideration of the Bill notwithstanding the practice of the House as to the...
[1st December]
Resolution reported,1. That the Minister of Transport (hereinafter referred to as "the Minister") shall be authorised, in accordance with orders to be made by him, to levy tolls in respect of...
Bill to empower the Minister of Transport to levy tolls in respect of the use of a new road which crosses the Rivers Severn and Wye; to enable that Minister, in relation to that new road, to...
So much of the Lords Message [25th November] relating to the appointment of a Committee on Consolidation Bills, Statute Law Revision Bills and Bills prepared pursuant to the Consolidation of...
Motion made, and Question proposed, That this House do now adjourn.—[Mr. Howie.]
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